Libove Robin A, Frazier Thomas W, O'Hara Ruth, Phillips Jennifer M, Jo Booil, Hardan Antonio Y
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Stanford University School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Road, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
Center for Autism, Pediatric Institute and Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, 2801 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Cleveland, OH, 44104, USA.
J Psychiatry Psychiatr Disord. 2017 Jul;1(4):215-223. doi: 10.26502/jppd.2572-519X0022. Epub 2017 Jul 12.
This longitudinal investigation examined the development of emotional and behavioral functioning in school-age children with autism. The Child Behavior Checklist was obtained at baseline and after an average interval of 28.5 months from 13 boys with autism and 14 age- and gender-matched controls between the ages of 7 and 12 years at baseline. Children with autism demonstrated clinically significant elevations in several domains including Social, Thought, and Attention Problems. Children with autism exhibited significant improvements over time in Total, Externalizing, Social, and Oppositional Defiant Problems and Aggressive Behavior, while there were no changes over time in the controls. These findings suggest that children with autism may demonstrate improvements over time in some clinical domains such as social and behavioral functioning.
这项纵向调查研究了自闭症学龄儿童的情绪和行为功能发展情况。在基线时以及平均间隔28.5个月后,对13名患有自闭症的男孩以及14名年龄和性别匹配的对照儿童(基线时年龄在7至12岁之间)进行了儿童行为量表评估。患有自闭症的儿童在包括社交、思维和注意力问题等多个领域表现出临床上显著的升高。随着时间的推移,患有自闭症的儿童在总分、外化问题、社交问题、对立违抗问题和攻击性行为方面均有显著改善,而对照组则没有变化。这些发现表明,患有自闭症的儿童在某些临床领域,如社交和行为功能方面,可能会随着时间的推移而有所改善。