ArticlePsychological medicine2023
A longitudinal comparison of emotional, behavioral and attention problems in autistic and typically developing children.
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- Double-blind, sham-controlled, pilot study of trigeminal nerve stimulation for autism spectrum disorder.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2026Trial
- Kids These Days! A Cross-Temporal Meta-Analysis of Changes in Emotional and Behavioral Problems of Population-Based Samples Over the Past Decades.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2026Review
- Exploring Trajectories of Anxiety Symptoms in Autistic and Non-Autistic Youth over Adolescence Using Parent- and Self-Report Measures.Research in autism · 2026Article
- Parent-Mediated vs. Staff-Mediated Behavioral Models in Families of Autistic Children: A Comparative Study on Parental Stress, Co-Parenting, and Quality of Life.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Brief report: joint trajectories of anxiety and depression symptoms in an inception cohort of autistic youth.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Parallel paths: A narrative review exploring autism and its co-occurring conditions.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2025Review
- Autistic Characteristics, Cognitive Impairment, and Sex as Predictors of Anxiety and Depression among Autistic Youth.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Methodological challenges and opportunities when studying the course of autism.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2025Article
- Trajectories of positive affect in autistic individuals during the transition to adulthood.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2025Article
- Dysregulation Profile in Preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Italian Multi-Center Perspective.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Frozen in Time, a Focused Review of Autism Prevalence in Canadian Indigenous Communities.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundMental health problems are elevated in autistic individuals but there is limited evidence on the developmental course of problems across childhood. We compare the level and growth of anxious-depressed, behavioral and attention problems in an autistic and typically developing (TD) cohort.
methodsLatent growth curve models were applied to repeated parent-report Child Behavior Checklist data from age 2-10 years in an inception cohort of autistic children (Pathways,
resultsAutistic children showed elevated levels of mental health problems, but this was substantially reduced by accounting for IQ and sex differences between the autistic and TD samples. There was small differences in growth patterns; anxious-depressed problems were particularly elevated at preschool and attention problems at late childhood. Higher family income predicted lower base-level on all three dimensions, but steeper increase of anxious-depressed problems. Higher IQ predicted lower level of attention problems and faster decline over childhood. Female sex predicted higher level of anxious-depressed and faster decline in behavioral problems. Social-affect autism symptom severity predicted elevated level of attention problems. Autistic girls' problems were particularly elevated relative to their same-sex non-autistic peers.
conclusionsAutistic children, and especially girls, show elevated mental health problems compared to TD children and there are some differences in predictors. Assessment of mental health should be integrated into clinical practice for autistic children.
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