Year: 2021
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: We examined the relations of restricted and repetitive behaviors (RRB; insistence on sameness, repetitive sensory-motor, self-injurious behavior) to social skills overall and aspects that comprise social skills as measured by the VABS-II (coping skills, play/leisure time, interpersonal relationships) in 24- (n = 63) and 36-month old (n = 35), high-familial-risk toddlers with ASD. Hierarchical linear regression results indicated that repetitive sensory-motor was the best predictor of social skills overall. Secondary results indicated that all three RRB subtypes were associated with each subdomain of social skills; however, repetitive sensory-motor was the strongest and most consistent among these effects. While our results suggests a general negative relation of subtypes of RRB to aspects of adaptive social function, repetitive sensory-motor behaviors may be of particular relevance to the development of social skills during toddlerhood.
Authors: Pang Chaxiong, Catherine Burrows, Kelly N. Botteron, Stephen R. Dager, Annette M. Estes, Heather C. Hazlett, Robert T. Schultz, Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, Joseph Piven, Jason Wolff, IBIS Network, J. Piven, H. C. Hazlett, C. Chappell, M. Shen, M. Swanson, S. Dager, A. Estes, D. Shaw, T. St. John, K. Botteron, J. Constantino, R. Schultz, J. Pandey, A. Estes, L. Zwaigenbaum, J. Elison, J. Wolff, M. Styner, G. Gerig, R. McKinstry, J. Pruett, A. C. Evans, D. L. Collins, V. Fonov, L. MacIntyre, S. Das, H. Gu, K. Truong, H. Volk, D. Fallin, M. Shen
Language: English
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $2,780
Funders: Autism Speaks, Simons Foundation, Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Awards: Development and neural mechanisms of repetitive behavior and sensory responsivity in autism, G4884579060, G4920035928, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, UNC Developmental Disabilities Research Center, University of MN Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health, Clinical Translational Research Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, MRI Based Presymptomatic Prediction of ASD, University of MN Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health, A Longitudinal Brain and Behavior Study of Autism From Infancy Through Adolescence, The Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC) at CHOP/Penn
OpenAlex ID: W3159796796