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- Title
Gender Differences in Treatment-Seeking Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
- Authors
Cariveau, Tom; McCracken, Courtney E.; Bradshaw, Jessica; Postorino, Valentina; Shillingsburg, M. Alice; McDougle, Christopher J.; Aman, Michael G.; McCracken, James T.; Tierney, Elaine; Johnson, Cynthia; Lecavalier, Luc; Smith, Tristram; Swiezy, Naomi B.; King, Bryan H.; Hollander, Eric; Sikich, Linmarie; Vitiello, Benedetto; Scahill, Lawrence
- Abstract
The estimated prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is consistently higher in males than females. Gender differences in ASD have long been debated and are influenced by the historical period and source of the sample. The current study reports gender differences in core symptoms, associated features, and treatment response in 682 youth (585 males, 97 females) with ASD. The sample included participants (mean = 7.4 years; range 3–17 years) from six federally-funded, multisite, randomized clinical trials. These trials collected the same measures of social disability, repetitive behavior, adaptive skills, disruptive behavior, and anxiety pretreatment and used the Improvement scale of the Clinical Global Impression at study endpoint. Exploratory analyses yielded no differences between males and females across numerous pre-treatment measures. The rate of positive response was 49.7% for males and 53.6% for females (Chi square = 0.50; p = 0.48). In this sample of convenience, youth with ASD clinical characteristics and response to treatment showed no significant gender differences. Highlights: This study is the first analysis of gender differences in a large sample of treatment-seeking youth with ASD. Participants included 682 youth with ASD enrolled in six multisite clinical trials. No differences were found between males and females with ASD across pre-treatment characterizing measures.
- Subjects
AUTISM spectrum disorders in children; GENDER differences (Psychology) in children; THERAPEUTICS; GENDER differences (Psychology) in adolescence; YOUTH psychology; SOCIAL disabilities; FEMALES; MALES; TREATMENT of autism; RESEARCH; HELP-seeking behavior; SEX distribution; TREATMENT effectiveness; SYMPTOMS; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHI-squared test; STATISTICAL sampling; SECONDARY analysis
- Publication
Journal of Child & Family Studies, 2021, Vol 30, Issue 3, p784
- ISSN
1062-1024
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10826-021-01905-7