Age Related Differences of Executive Functioning Problems in Everyday Life of Children and Adolescents in the Autism Spectrum

Autor/inn/en	van den Bergh, Sanne F. W. M.; Scheeren, Anke M.; Begeer, Sander; Koot, Hans M.; Geurts, Hilde M.
Titel	Age Related Differences of Executive Functioning Problems in Everyday Life of Children and Adolescents in the Autism Spectrum
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44 (2014) 8, S.1959-1971 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-014-2071-4
Schlagwörter	Age Differences; Individual Differences; Children; Adolescents; Executive Function; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Parent Attitudes; Rating Scales; Psychological Patterns; Severity (of Disability); Inhibition; Planning; Cognitive Processes; Neurological Impairments + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Individueller Unterschied; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Autismus; Elternverhalten; Rating-Skala; Schweregrad; Hemmung; Ablaufplanung; Planungsprozess; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung
Abstract	Numerous studies investigated executive functioning (EF) problems in people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) using laboratory EF tasks. As laboratory task performances often differ from real life observations, the current study focused on EF in everyday life of 118 children and adolescents with ASD (6-18 years). We investigated age-related and individual differences in EF problems as reported by parents on the Behavioral Rating Inventory Executive Functions (BRIEF: Gioia et al. in Behavior rating inventory of executive function. Psychological Assessment Resources, Odesse 2000), and examined the association with autism severity. Inhibition problems were mostly found in the youngest group (6-to 8-year-olds), whereas problems with planning where more evident for 12-to 14-year-olds as compared to 9-to 11-year-olds. In a subsample of participants meeting the ADOS ASD cut-off criteria the age related differences in planning were absent, while problems with cognitive flexibility were less apparent in 15-to 18-year-olds, compared to 9-to 11-, and 12-to 14-year olds. EF problems surpassing the clinical cutoff were only observed in 20% (planning) to 51% (cognitive flexibility) of the children and adolescents, and no relation was found with ASD symptom severity. This underlines the heterogeneous nature of ASD. (As Provided).
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