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ReviewJournal of personalized medicine2025

Approaches for Predicting the Occurrence of Challenging Behaviors in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Narrative Review.

Jennifer Ferina, Emma Dando, Conor Anderson, Jenny Foster, Johanna Lantz, Theresa Hamlin, Juergen Hahn

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Review in Journal of personalized medicine, 2025. 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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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Jennifer FerinaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-5518-152X
Emma DandoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6818-713X
Conor AndersonThe Center for Discovery, Harris, NY 12742, USA.
Jenny FosterThe Center for Discovery, Harris, NY 12742, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-1696-5639
Johanna LantzThe Center for Discovery, Harris, NY 12742, USA.
Theresa HamlinThe Center for Discovery, Harris, NY 12742, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6546-2316
Juergen HahnDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1078-4203

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The presentation of autism spectrum disorder can be highly heterogeneous, and a significant percentage of individuals with autism exhibit challenging behaviors. However, the frequency and severity of challenging behaviors can vary significantly over time, even for the same person, and it is often unclear what triggers a behavior. Being able to predict the occurrence of challenging behaviors has significant potential for improving the safety of individuals with ASD, as well as quality of life for them and their caregivers. Given the large heterogeneity found in the presentation of autism, most predictions need to be personalized to the individual or at least a subgroup of individuals. This work reviews the state of research in the field for predicting behaviors, ranging from short-term predictions just a few moments before a behavior occurs to predicting the probability of challenging behaviors a day in advance. Several reviewed approaches provide promising initial results, but few studies have been conducted on populations large and diverse enough to determine their generalizability.

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autism spectrum disorderbehavior predictionchallenging behaviormachine learning

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PMID41149815
PMCPMC12564967

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