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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Executive Functions in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Grade 1 and 2, vs. Neurotypical Development: A School View.

Ana Gentil-Gutiérrez, Mirian Santamaría-Peláez, Luis A Mínguez-Mínguez, Josefa González-Santos, Jessica Fernández-Solana, Jerónimo J González-Bernal

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Transdiagnostic Attentional Deficits Are Associated with Depressive and Externalizing Symptoms in Children and Adolescents with Neuropsychiatric Disorders.Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists · 2025
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  3. Use of the Weekly Calendar Planning Activity to Assess Executive Function in Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder.The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association · 2024
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  4. Executive Functions and Public Health: A Narrative Review.Iranian journal of public health · 2023
    Review
  5. Diving into the Resolution Process: Parent's Reactions to Child's Diagnosis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ana Gentil-GutiérrezDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain.
Mirian Santamaría-PeláezDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4255-7355
Luis A Mínguez-MínguezDepartment of Educational Sciences, University of Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain.
Josefa González-SantosDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain.
Jessica Fernández-SolanaDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9937-7753
Jerónimo J González-BernalDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7298-9060
Universidad de Burgos · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAutism spectrum disorders are neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by deficits in social and communication functioning. Previous studies suggest that people with autism spectrum disorders have deficits in executive functions, having found a relationship with cognitive flexibility, planning, working memory, inhibition or self-control, but it is especially with respect to cognitive flexibility where the greatest dysfunctions have been found. The objective of this research was to compare the executive functioning of a group of children and adolescents diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders with another with neurotypical development in an educational context.

methodsThis was a cross-sectional, descriptive and multicenter confirmatory study in which 121 people who participated acted as informants, with 70 of them being education professionals who work with people with autism spectrum disorders grade 1 and 2 and 51 of them being teachers who work with people of neurotypical development; these individuals were selected through non-probabilistic sampling.

resultsPeople diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders obtained significantly higher scores on the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-2 scale for the nine clinical scales and the four indexes that compose it compared to the group of people with neurotypical development; in addition, the average scores obtained are clinically significant, with them being elevated for the group with autism spectrum disorders. This study confirms that children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders experience greater difficulties with respect to their executive functions than children with neurotypical development.

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Autism Spectrum DisorderExecutive FunctionAdolescentChildCross-Sectional StudiesHumansMemory, Short-TermSchoolsASDautismBRIEF-2childrenexecutive functionsschool

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PMID35805641
PMCPMC9265427
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