ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2015
Influence of Autism Traits and Executive Functioning on Quality of Life in Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder.
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87 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of exercise interventions on executive function in autism spectrum disorder: a three-level meta-analytic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Executive function in children with neurodevelopmental conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Nature human behaviour · 2024Pooled it
- Overlapping and specific neural correlates for empathizing, affective mentalizing, and cognitive mentalizing: A coordinate-based meta-analytic study.Human brain mapping · 2021Pooled it
- Executive Function in High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Meta-analysis of fMRI Studies.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2020Pooled it
- Interventions based on early intensive applied behaviour analysis for autistic children: a systematic review and cost-effectiveness analysis.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2020Pooled it
- Autism spectrum disorders: a meta-analysis of executive function.Molecular psychiatry · 2018Pooled it
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- Health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with paediatric acquired brain injury: Secondary data analysis from a randomised controlled trial.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025Trial
- Highways to happiness for autistic adults? Perceived causal relations among clinicians.PloS one · 2020Trial
- Cognitive enhancement therapy for adult autism spectrum disorder: Results of an 18-month randomized clinical trial.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2018Trial
- Anxiety as a Moderator Between Autistic/ADHD Traits and Quality of Life in Autistic Children and Adolescents.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Psychological Interventions for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities in the Context of Neurodiversity: A Systematic Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- Early Trajectories of Resting-State EEG power in autistic children: a longitudinal study across language profiles.Translational psychiatry · 2026Article
- Efficacy of executive function training in preschool children with ASD: a randomized controlled trial.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2026Article
- Quality of Life in Children with Developmental Language Disorder.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Anxiety symptoms and self-reported executive functioning in transgender and gender nonconforming adults: associations with autistic traits and depression.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Screening for Neurocognitive Deficits in Pediatrics-the Clinical Utility of the Pediatric Perceived Cognitive Functioning item bank.Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists · 2025Article
- Protocol for a feasibility randomized control trial of the Supporting Toddlers with a connection to autism or ADHD to develop Strong Attention, Regulation, and Thinking skills (START) programme.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2025Article
- Quality of Life in Autistic Children: Discrepancies Between Self- and Caregiver-Proxy Reports and Associations With Individual Characteristics.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2025Article
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Abstract
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) often experience a low Quality of Life (QoL). We studied if IQ, early language development, current autism traits, and daily Executive Functions (EFs) are related to QoL in children (aged 8-12 years) with ASD (N = 120) and typically developing (TD) children (N = 76). Children with ASD showed a lower QoL than TD children. This lower QoL was related to higher levels of autism traits and EF deficits. Moreover, specific autism traits and EFs were related to specific QoL subdomains. The low QoL and the aggravating effects of autism traits and EF deficits indicate a potential to identify and target such factors in treatment to improve QoL.
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