ERIC Number: EJ813242
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Oct
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Social Anxiety in High-Functioning Children and Adolescents with Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Kuusikko, Sanna; Pollock-Wurman, Rachel; Jussila, Katja; Carter, Alice S.; Mattila, Marja-Leena; Ebeling, Hanna; Pauls, David L.; Moilanen, Irma
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v38 n9 p1697-1709 Oct 2008
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 plus or minus 1.7 years) and 305 community subjects (M = 12.2 plus or minus 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.
Descriptors: Check Lists, Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Child Behavior, Adolescents, Measures (Individuals), Anxiety Disorders, Fear, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Children, Parent Attitudes, Interpersonal Competence, Social Behavior, Antisocial Behavior, Age Differences
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Child Behavior Checklist
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