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ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2018

Emotion Control Predicts Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior Problems in Boys With and Without an Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Marieke G N Bos, Sofia Diamantopoulou, Lex Stockmann, Sander Begeer, Carolien Rieffe

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Article in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05221515 (The Effectiveness of an Attention-based Intervention for School Aged Autistic Children With Anger Regulating Problems), which is not on this map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05221515 nacompletednot on this map

The Effectiveness of an Attention-based Intervention for School Aged Autistic Children With Anger Regulating Problems: a Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorVU University of AmsterdamRan2011 to 2018Enrolled51ConditionsAutism Spectrum DisorderArmsAnger can go!, Parent psycho-education
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Trajectory research in children with an autism diagnosis: A scoping review.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2024
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  17. Development of the Perth Adolescent Worry Scale (PAWS).Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Marieke G N BosDepartment of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden, The Netherlands. m.g.n.bos@fsw.leidenuniv.nl.ORCID 0000-0003-1632-9217
Sofia DiamantopoulouDepartment of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Lex StockmannRivierduinen, Centre for Autism, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Sander BegeerFaculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Carolien RieffeDepartment of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Leiden University · NLGGZ Rivierduinen · NLVrije Universiteit Amsterdam · NL

Funding

The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research 452-07-004
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often show comorbid emotional and behavior problems. The aim of this longitudinal study is to examine the relation between emotion control (i.e., negative emotionality, emotion awareness, and worry/rumination) and the development of internalizing and externalizing problems. Boys with and without ASD (N = 157; age 9-15) were followed over a period of 1.5 years (3 waves). We found that baseline levels of worry/rumination was a specific predictor of later externalizing problems for boys with ASD. Furthermore, the developmental trajectory of worry/rumination predicted the development of internalizing and externalizing problems in both groups. Our findings suggest that worry/rumination may constitute a transdiagnostic factor underlying both internalizing and externalizing problems in boys with and without ASD.

Indexed as

Defense MechanismsEmotionsAdolescentAnxietyAutism Spectrum DisorderChildHumansMaleAutism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)Comorbid psychopathologyEmotional controlEmotion regulationLongitudinal study

Identifiers

PMID29512017
PMCPMC6061024
OpenAlexW2793699363

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