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ArticleAdvances in child development and behavior2023

Early development in autism: How developmental cascades help us understand the emergence of developmental differences.

Jana M Iverson, Kelsey L West, Joshua L Schneider, Samantha N Plate, Jessie B Northrup, Emily Roemer Britsch

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Article in Advances in child development and behavior, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Equifinality in infancy: The many paths to walking.Developmental psychobiology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jana M IversonDepartment of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States. Electronic address: iversonj@bu.edu.
Kelsey L WestDepartment of Psychology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States.
Joshua L SchneiderDepartment of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Samantha N PlateDepartment of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Jessie B NorthrupDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Emily Roemer BritschDepartment of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
University of Pittsburgh · USUniversity of Alabama · US

Funding

Walking, exploration, and language in high and low risk infantsR01DC016557 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI FIEZ, JULIE A · 2018 to 2022
$2.7M
Parent-Child Interaction and Emotion Regulation in Preschoolers with Autism Spectrum DisorderK23MH127420 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Jessie B Northrup · 2022 to 2026
$873k
Walking and Talking: Cascades in Infant DevelopmentF32DC017903 · NIDCD · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY · PI WEST, KELSEY LOUISE · 2019 to 2021
$192k
NIDCD NIH HHS F32 DC017903NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC016557NIMH NIH HHS K23 MH127420
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many theories of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) focus on a single system or factor as an explanatory mechanism for autism symptoms and behavior. However, there is growing recognition that ASD is a complex, multisystem neurodevelopmental condition with origins in prenatal life. Researchers therefore need a conceptual framework that allows examination of the interplay between multiple interacting domains and systems and the ways in which they extend their influence beyond the individual into the surrounding environment. The developmental cascades perspective suggests that even relatively small perturbations in early emerging behaviors in domains that are not traditionally linked may influence subsequent achievements across these areas. In this chapter, we illustrate how a developmental cascades framework can be used to inform the study of developmental differences. The developmental cascades perspective provides us with conceptual and methodological tools for considering how variation in children's real time behavior can provide new insights into sources of variation in their developmental trajectories and outcomes. It also suggests approaches for intervention that leverage targeted skills in novel ways, creating opportunities to support development in other domains and fine-tune caregiver behavior to create powerful moments for infant learning.

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Autism Spectrum DisorderAutistic DisorderChildHumansInfantAutism spectrum disorderInfant siblingsLanguage developmentMotor development

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PMID37080666
PMCPMC12333485
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