Increasing Adaptive Behavior Skill Deficits From Childhood to Adolescence in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Role of Executive Function

Cara E Pugliese; Laura Anthony; John F Strang; Katerina Dudley; Gregory L Wallace; Lauren Kenworthy

doi:10.1007/s10803-014-2309-1

Increasing Adaptive Behavior Skill Deficits From Childhood to Adolescence in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Role of Executive Function

Cara E Pugliese, Laura Anthony, John F Strang, Katerina Dudley, Gregory L Wallace, Lauren Kenworthy

Division of Neuropsychology, Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children's National Health System, Rockville, MD, USA, [email protected].

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Abstract

Almost half of all children with autism spectrum disorder have average cognitive abilities, yet outcome remains poor. Because outcome in HFASD is more related to adaptive behavior skills than cognitive level it is important to identify predictors of adaptive behavior. This study examines cognitive and demographic factors related to adaptive behavior, with specific attention to the role of executive function (EF) in youth with HFASD aged 4-23. There was a negative relationship between age and adaptive behavior and the discrepancy between IQ and adaptive behavior increased with age. EF problems contributed to lower adaptive behavior scores across domains. As such, it is important to target adaptive skills, and the EF problems that may contribute to them, in youth with HFASD.

Original language	English
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of autism and developmental disorders
Early online date	15 Nov 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-014-2309-1
Publication status	Published - 2014

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