ArticleJournal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines2021
Commentary: What conflicts of interest tell us about autism intervention research-a commentary on Bottema-Beutel et al. (2020).
Article in Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Invisible Harms, Visible Benefits? Adverse Event Reporting in Physical Activity Interventions for Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Meta-analysis and Critical Appraisal.Sports medicine - open · 2026Pooled it
- Maximizing the Quality and Reporting Standards of Autism Intervention Science.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2025Article
- Searching for What Really Matters: A Thematic Analysis of Quality of Life among Preschool Children on the Autism Spectrum.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022Article
- Annual Research Review: Shifting from 'normal science' to neurodiversity in autism science.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2022Review
- The Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health Autistic Researcher Review Board.Pediatrics · 2022Article
- Precision Autism: Genomic Stratification of Disorders Making Up the Broad Spectrum May Demystify Its "Epidemic Rates".Journal of personalized medicine · 2021Article
- Pervasive Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest in Applied Behavior Analysis Autism Literature.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Cell Therapies for Autism Spectrum Disorder Based on New Pathophysiology: A Review.Cell transplantationReview
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Abstract
Bottema-Beutel, Crowley, Sandbank, and Woynaroski (Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2020) have performed a Herculean and invaluable task in their investigation of conflicts of interest (COIs) in nonpharmacological early autism intervention research. Drawing on a meta-analysis of 150 articles reporting group designs, they found COIs in 105 (70%), only 6 (5.7%) of which had fully accurate COI statements. Most reports had no COI statements, but among the 48 (32%) which did, the majority of those declaring no COIs had detectable COIs (23 of 30; 77%). Thus, COI reporting in the literature examined is routinely missing, misleading, and/or incomplete; accurate reporting is the exception rather than the rule. That 120 of the 150 reports were published in 2010 or later, compared to 6 pre-2000, tells us this is not about practices confined to decades past. Instead, it reflects and is a telling indictment of established standards in autism intervention research.
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