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ArticleJournal of intellectual disability research : JIDR2016

Predictors of specific phobia in children with Williams syndrome.

C H Pitts, B P Klein-Tasman, J W Osborne, C B Mervis

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Article in Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

C H PittsUniversity of Louisville, Psychological and Brain Sciences, Louisville, KY, USA. chpitt03@louisville.edu.
B P Klein-TasmanUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Department of Psychology, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
J W OsborneClemson University, Mathematical Sciences, Clemson, SC, USA.
C B MervisUniversity of Louisville, Psychological and Brain Sciences, Louisville, KY, USA.
University of Louisville · USClemson University · USUniversity of Wisconsin–Milwaukee · US

Funding

GENOTYPE/PHENOTYPE CORRELATIONS IN WILLIAMS SYNDROMER01NS035102 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI MERVIS, CAROLYN B. · 1996 to 2009
$12.5M
Early Development with Williams or Down SyndromeR37HD029957 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI MERVIS, CAROLYN B. · 2004 to 2013
$3.4M
NICHD NIH HHS R37 HD029957NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS035102
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSpecific phobia (SP) is the most common anxiety disorder among children with Williams syndrome (WS); prevalence rates derived from Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-based diagnostic interviews range from 37% to 56%. We evaluated the effects of gender, age, intellectual abilities and/or behaviour regulation difficulties on the likelihood that a child with WS would be diagnosed with SP.

methodsA total of 194 6-17 year-olds with WS were evaluated. To best characterise the relations between the predictors and the probability of a SP diagnosis, we explored not only possible linear effects but also curvilinear effects.

resultsNo gender differences were detected. As age increased, the likelihood of receiving a SP diagnosis decreased. As IQ increased, the probability of receiving a SP diagnosis also decreased. Behaviour regulation difficulties were the strongest predictor of a positive diagnosis. A quadratic relation was detected: The probability of receiving a SP diagnosis gradually rose as behaviour regulation difficulties increased. However, once behaviour regulation difficulties approached the clinical range, the probability of receiving a SP diagnosis asymptoted at a high level.

conclusionChildren with behaviour regulation difficulties in or just below the clinical range were at the greatest risk of developing SP. These findings highlight the value of large samples and the importance of evaluating for nonlinear effects to provide accurate model specification when characterising relations among a dependent variable and possible predictors.

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Self-ControlAdolescentChildComorbidityFemaleHumansMalePhobic DisordersWilliams SyndromeanxietyBehavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functioning (BRIEF)behaviour regulationcurvilinear effectsintellectual disabilitylogistic regressionspecific phobiaWilliams syndrome

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