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ArticleChild and adolescent psychiatry and mental health2020

School refusal and bullying in children with autism spectrum disorder.

Marina Ochi, Kentaro Kawabe, Shinichiro Ochi, Tomoe Miyama, Fumie Horiuchi, Shu-Ichi Ueno

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Article in Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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34citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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34 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 90 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Peer victimization and school refusal tendencies in early adolescence: A random intercept cross-lagged panel model analysis.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2026
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  11. Clinical characteristics of child and adolescent psychiatric patients with school refusal: Child versus adolescent onset.Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry = Journal de l'Academie canadienne de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent · 2025
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  14. School absenteeism in autistic children and adolescents: A scoping review.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Marina Ochi1Department of Neuropsychiatry, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime 791-0295 Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-0833-0173
Kentaro Kawabe1Department of Neuropsychiatry, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime 791-0295 Japan.
Shinichiro Ochi1Department of Neuropsychiatry, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime 791-0295 Japan.
Tomoe Miyama3Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development, Ehime University Hospital, Toon, Japan.
Fumie Horiuchi1Department of Neuropsychiatry, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime 791-0295 Japan.
Shu-Ichi Ueno1Department of Neuropsychiatry, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime 791-0295 Japan.
Ehime University Hospital · JPEhime University · JPMatsuyama Shimin Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFew studies have explored school refusal in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), despite being considered a serious problem. One of the leading causes of school refusal is bullying, which is defined by the feelings of students who are bullied or not, and psychological suffering caused by a psychological or physical attack. This study investigated the characteristics of school refusal in children with ASD.

methodsA total of 94 outpatients with school refusal and ASD and 143 outpatients with school refusal without ASD aged 6-18 years were included. Chi squared tests and Mann-Whitney tests were used to compare the characteristics of school refusal in children with and without ASD. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to analyze the reasons for school refusal in children with ASD by sex.

resultsSchool refusal significantly occurred earlier in children with ASD than in those without. In addition, "bullying" was significantly associated with school refusal in both boys and girls with ASD.

conclusionsThese findings suggest that school refusal should be monitored early in children with ASD. The importance of recognizing bullying among children with ASD should be highlighted as an opportunity for early intervention.

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Autism spectrum disorderBullyingNeurodevelopmental disordersOutpatientsSchool refusal

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PMID32419839
PMCPMC7206817
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