Co-occurring trajectories of anxiety and insistence on sameness behaviour in autism spectrum disorder.

Danielle A Baribeau Simone N VigodEleanor PullenayegumConnor M KernsPat MirendaIsabel M SmithTracy VaillancourtJoanne VoldenCharlotte WaddellLonnie ZwaigenbaumTeresa BennettEric DukuMayada ElsabbaghStelios GeorgiadesWendy J UngarAnat Zaidman ZaitPeter Szatmari

Published in: The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science (2021)

The concurrent assessment of insistence on sameness behaviour and anxiety in ASD may help in understanding current symptom profiles and anticipating future trajectories. High preschool insistence on sameness in particular may be associated with elevated current or future anxiety symptoms.

Keyphrases

autism spectrum disorder
sleep quality
depressive symptoms
current status
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
working memory