Marinopoulou Maria, Billstedt Eva, Wessman Catrin, Bornehag Carl-Gustaf, Hallerbäck Maria Unenge
Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Child and Adolescent Habilitation, Region Värmland, Karlstad, Sweden.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2025 Feb;56(1):264-275. doi: 10.1007/s10578-023-01562-5. Epub 2023 Jun 23.
Autistic traits are continuously distributed in the general population. The associations between autistic traits and intellectual functioning and/or behavioural difficulties, and the impact of intellectual functioning on behavioural difficulties are unclear. The study aims to describe the distribution of autistic traits in a population-based cross-sectional sample of children. Further aims are to examine the association between intellectual functioning and autistic traits, and between autistic traits and behavioural difficulties. Wechsler scales and ratings of autistic traits and behavioural problems in 874 children aged 7-9 years in the Swedish Environmental Longitudinal Mother and Child, Asthma and Allergy (SELMA) study were assessed. We found a continuous distribution of autistic traits. Intellectual functioning was negatively associated with autistic traits but not with behavioural difficulties. Behavioural difficulties were associated with autistic traits.
自闭症特质在普通人群中呈连续分布。自闭症特质与智力功能和/或行为困难之间的关联，以及智力功能对行为困难的影响尚不清楚。该研究旨在描述以人群为基础的儿童横断面样本中自闭症特质的分布情况。进一步的目标是研究智力功能与自闭症特质之间，以及自闭症特质与行为困难之间的关联。在瑞典环境纵向母婴、哮喘与过敏（SELMA）研究中，对874名7至9岁儿童的韦氏智力量表、自闭症特质评分和行为问题进行了评估。我们发现自闭症特质呈连续分布。智力功能与自闭症特质呈负相关，但与行为困难无关。行为困难与自闭症特质相关。
