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Social anxiety in high-functioning children and adolescents with Autism and Asperger syndrome.

Journal of autism and developmental disorders ·Vol. 38 ·No. 9 ·2008-10-00 ·Pages 1697-709

Kuusikko S, Pollock-Wurman R, Jussila K, Carter AS, Mattila ML, Ebeling H, Pauls DL, Moilanen I

Abstract

We examined social anxiety and internalizing symptoms using the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for Children (SPAI-C), the Social Anxiety Scale for Children -Revised (SASC-R), and the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) in a sample of fifty-four high-functioning subjects with autism or Asperger syndrome (HFA/AS) (M = 11.2 +/- 1.7 years) and 305 community subjects (M = 12.2 +/- 2.2 years). Children and adolescents completed the SPAI-C and SASC-R, and their parents completed the CBCL Internalizing scale. Adolescents with HFA/AS scored higher than the community sample on all measures. Behavioural avoidance and evaluative social anxiety increased by age within the HFA/AS group, whereas behavioural avoidance decreased by age in control participants. Data support that HFA/AS in adolescents may be associated with clinically relevant social anxiety symptoms.

MeSH Terms
Adolescent Asperger Syndrome/diagnosis,epidemiology,psychology Autistic Disorder/diagnosis,epidemiology,psychology Child Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Female Humans Male Parent-Child Relations Phobic Disorders/diagnosis,epidemiology,psychology Prevalence Surveys and Questionnaires
Authors & Affiliations
8 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Kuusikko Sanna
Clinic of Child Psychiatric, University and University Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland. kuusisan@paju.oulu.fi
Pollock-Wurman Rachel
Jussila Katja
Carter Alice S
Mattila Marja-Leena
Ebeling Hanna
Pauls David L
Moilanen Irma
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of autism and developmental disorders
Abbr.
J Autism Dev Disord
ISSN
0162-3257
DOI
10.1007/s10803-008-0555-9
Email
kuusisan@paju.oulu.fi
Published
2008-10-00
Epub
2008-00-07
Pages
1697-709
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7904301
Subset
IM
External Links
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