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ArticleAutism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research2021

Emotion Dysregulation is Substantially Elevated in Autism Compared to the General Population: Impact on Psychiatric Services.

Caitlin M Conner, Josh Golt, Rebecca Shaffer, Giulia Righi, Matthew Siegel, Carla A Mazefsky

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Article in Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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66citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

66 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 109 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Evidence Base Update for Questionnaires of Emotion Regulation and Reactivity for Children and Adolescents.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53
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  6. Identifying Unique Subgroups of Emotional and Behavioral Presentations in a Large Inpatient and Community Sample of Autistic Youth.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2026
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  11. Review and Developmental Model: Early Childhood Emotion Regulation and Co-Regulation in Autism.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2026
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  17. Traumatic Experiences, Psychological Distress and Suicide-Related Behaviors in Autistic Adults.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2026
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6 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

6 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Caitlin M ConnerUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6224-2086
Josh GoltUniversity of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA.
Rebecca ShafferCincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Giulia RighiBrown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
Matthew SiegelMaine Medical Center, Maine, USA.
Carla A MazefskyUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7467-0902
University of Pittsburgh · USBrown University · USCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USTufts University · USUniversity of Alabama · US

Funding

Change-sensitive Measurement of Emotion Dysregulation in ASDR01HD079512 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Carla A Mazefsky · 2014 to 2026
$6.3M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD079512
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emerging evidence suggests that emotion regulation (ER) impairment in those with ASD is associated with poor mental health. This study used the Emotion Dysregulation Inventory, a new norm-referenced ER measure with clinical cut-offs, developed and validated in ASD and non-ASD samples, to establish rates of ER impairment and understand its association with psychiatric service use in ASD. Parents of 6-17 year olds in three well-characterized samples (nationally representative US

Indexed as

Autism Spectrum DisorderAutistic DisorderEmotional RegulationMental Health ServicesAdolescentChildEmotionsHumansautism spectrum disorderemotion regulationinpatientoutcomespsychotropic medication

Identifiers

PMID33815651
PMCPMC8018538
OpenAlexW3111428827

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