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ArticleResearch on child and adolescent psychopathology2021

Caregiver Psychological Distress Predicts Temperament and Social-Emotional Outcomes in Infants with Autism Traits.

Lacey Chetcuti, Mirko Uljarević, Kandice J Varcin, Maryam Boutrus, Sarah Pillar, Stefanie Dimov, Josephine Barbaro, Cheryl Dissanayake, Jonathan Green, Ming Wai Wan and 5 more

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Article in Research on child and adolescent psychopathology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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15 authors at 8 institutions in 3 countries.

Lacey ChetcutiDepartment of Psychology and Counseling, School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. lchetcuti@ltu.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0002-9360-0851
Mirko UljarevićDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford Autism Center, Stanford, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7481-3923
Kandice J VarcinSchool of Allied Health Sciences, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3412-7910
Maryam BoutrusCooperative Research Centre for Living With Autism (Autism CRC), Brisbane, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0545-0353
Sarah PillarTelethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia.
Stefanie DimovDepartment of Psychology and Counseling, School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5487-5935
Josephine BarbaroCooperative Research Centre for Living With Autism (Autism CRC), Brisbane, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7359-0097
Cheryl DissanayakeCooperative Research Centre for Living With Autism (Autism CRC), Brisbane, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-8771-4027
Jonathan GreenDivision of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology, School of Biological Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0143-181X
Ming Wai WanDivision of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5353-786X
Leonie SegalAustralian Centre for Precision Health, Division of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6391-6791
Vicky SlonimsEvelina Children's Hospital / Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3339-2365
Andrew J O WhitehouseCooperative Research Centre for Living With Autism (Autism CRC), Brisbane, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8722-1575
Kristelle HudryDepartment of Psychology and Counseling, School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2752-8345
AICES Team
La Trobe University · AUThe Kids Research Institute Australia · AUUniversity of South Australia · AUGreater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust · GBGriffith University · AUKing's College London · GBManchester Academic Health Science Centre · GBThe University of Melbourne · AU

Funding

Medical Research Council G0401546Medical Research Council MR/K005863/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Child temperament and caregiver psychological distress have been independently associated with social-emotional difficulties among individuals with autism. However, the interrelationship among these risk factors has rarely been investigated. We explored the reciprocal interplay between child temperament (surgency, negative affectivity, and self-regulation) and caregiver psychological distress in the development of child internalizing and externalizing symptoms, in a cohort of 103 infants showing early autism traits. Caregivers completed questionnaires when children were aged around 12-months (Time 1 [T1]), 18-months (Time 2 [T2]), and 24-months (Time 3 [T3]). Cross-lagged path models revealed a significant pathway from T1 caregiver psychological distress through lower T2 child self-regulation to subsequently greater T3 child internalizing symptoms. No such caregiver-driven pathway was evident through T2 child negative affectivity or in the prediction of T3 child externalizing symptoms. Further, no support was found for temperament-driven pathways through caregiver psychological distress to child social-emotional difficulties. Child surgency was mostly unrelated to caregiver psychological distress and social-emotional difficulties. These findings implicate the need to support the mental health of caregivers with an infant with autism traits in order to enhance the emotion regulation and social-emotional development of their infants.

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Autistic DisorderPsychological DistressAgedCaregiversChildEmotionsHumansInfantTemperamentAutismCaregiver psychological distressExternalizingInfantsInternalizingTemperament

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PMID34216330
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