Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
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1573-3432, 0162-3257

Author(s):  
Pat Mirenda ◽  
Paola Colozzo ◽  
Veronica Smith ◽  
Ed Kroc ◽  
Karen Kalynchuk ◽  
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Author(s):  
Melanie Palmer ◽  
Joanne Tarver ◽  
Virginia Carter Leno ◽  
Juan Paris Perez ◽  
Margot Frayne ◽  
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AbstractEmotional and behavioral problems (EBPs) frequently occur in young autistic children. Discrepancies between parents and other informants are common but can lead to uncertainty in formulation, diagnosis and care planning. This study aimed to explore child and informant characteristics are associated with reported child EBPs across settings. Participants were 83 4–8-year-old autistic children and their parents and teachers in the Autism Spectrum Treatment and Resilience (ASTAR) study. Questionnaires of child EBPs were completed by parents and teachers, and self-reported parenting stress and wellbeing measures were obtained. An observation of parent–child/researcher-child interaction was also completed. Parents reported more EBPs than teachers and parent-teacher agreement was low, particularly for emotional problems. Greater parenting stress and being verbal was associated with more parent- but not teacher-reported EBPs. More observed behaviors that challenge were displayed by minimally verbal children. More parenting stress could be associated with the presence of more EBPs in the home; alternatively, parenting stress may confound reports. It is essential for assessments of EBPs in autistic children to take a multi-informant approach. Better understanding of the associations between informant characteristics and informant discrepancies of EBPs is needed.


Author(s):  
Meredith I. Brinster ◽  
Briana H. Brukilacchio ◽  
Autumn Fikki-Urbanovsky ◽  
Jeffrey D. Shahidullah ◽  
Sheri Ravenscroft

Author(s):  
Marianne Berg Halvorsen ◽  
Sissel Berge Helverschou ◽  
Brynhildur Axelsdottir ◽  
Per Håkan Brøndbo ◽  
Monica Martinussen

AbstractThere is a need for more knowledge of valid and standardized measures of mental health problems among children and adolescents with intellectual disability (ID). In this study, we systematically reviewed and evaluated the psychometric properties of instruments used to assess general mental health problems in this population. Following PRISMA guidelines, we reviewed empirical research published from 1980 through February 2020 with an updated search in March 2021 in Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, Health and Psychological Instruments, CINAHL, ERIC, and Web of Science databases. Forty-nine empirical articles were included in this review. Overall, the review indicated consistently better documentation of the reliability and validity of instruments designed for the ID population compared to instruments developed for the general child population.


Author(s):  
Stephanie Petty ◽  
Lydia Tunstall ◽  
Hannah Richardson ◽  
Niamh Eccles

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