ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2016
Real-World Executive Functions in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Profiles of Impairment and Associations with Adaptive Functioning and Co-morbid Anxiety and Depression.
Article in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07505290 (Efficacy of the Korean PEERS® for Preschoolers), which is not on this map. Cited by 129 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Efficacy of the Korean PEERS® for Preschoolers (PEERS®-PS-K) Social Skills Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Trial for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Who cites it
129 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Association among obesity, overweight and autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2017Pooled it
- Planning Skills in Autism Spectrum Disorder Across the Lifespan: A Meta-analysis and Meta-regression.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2017Pooled it
- Investigating Social Competence in a Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial of a Theatre-Based Intervention Enhanced for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Trial
- A cluster randomized controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of two school-based interventions for autistic youth with anxiety.BMC psychiatry · 2024Trial
- Acceptance and commitment therapy for autistic adults: A randomized controlled pilot study in a psychiatric outpatient setting.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2023Trial
- Academic Needs in Middle School: Perspectives of Parents and Youth with Autism.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2020Trial
- Interrelationship between insistence on sameness, effortful control and anxiety in adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).Molecular autism · 2017Trial
- Characterizing Inhibitory Control Challenges Among Autistic Adults: An Examination of Demographic and Psychiatric Moderators and Associations with Anxiety Symptomatology.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Executive Functioning Is Linked to Internalizing Symptoms in Autistic Adults With Higher Support Needs.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Article
- Executive function challenges persist into young adulthood and predict mental health outcomes in autism.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2026Article
- Limited Discrepancy Between Cognitive Ability and Daily Living Skills in Autism: A Longitudinal Study From Ages 2-25.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2026Article
- Investigating the Effects of Video-Enhanced Activity Schedules on Preacademic Skills for Young Children With Autism.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Cognitive and affective empathy, executive functions, and the key role of personal distress: Why do autistic traits predict mental health symptoms in neurotypical adults?Cognitive processing · 2026Article
- Autistic Trait Level and Reaction Time in Older Adults: The Influence of Sex and Task upon Study Outcome.Autism in adulthood · 2026Article
- Underrecognition of Autism and Implications for Adult Psychiatric Practice: A Narrative Review.Cureus · 2026Review
- Thinking flexibly: A cognitive remediation therapy-informed intervention for autistic youth.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Article
- Profiles of parent-teacher discrepancy on autistic children's adaptive functioning.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Article
- Executive function predicts academic and social skills in autistic kindergartners based on a multimodal approach.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2026Article
- Executive Functioning Corresponds With Expression of Autism Features Among Preschoolers.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Autistic Adults Avoid Unpredictability in Decision-Making.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
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Abstract
Although executive functioning (EF) difficulties are well documented among children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), little is known about real-world measures of EF among adults with ASD. Therefore, this study examined parent-reported real-world EF problems among 35 adults with ASD without intellectual disability and their correlations with adaptive functioning and co-morbid anxiety and depression symptomatology. A variable EF profile was found with prominent deficits occurring in flexibility and metacognition. Flexibility problems were associated with anxiety-related symptoms while metacognition difficulties were associated with depression symptoms and impaired adaptive functioning (though the metacognition-adaptive functioning relationship was moderated by ADHD symptoms). These persistent EF problems are predictors of broader functioning and therefore remain an important treatment target among adults with ASD.
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