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ERIC Number: EJ787435
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Mar
Pages: 4
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3257
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Brief Report: Cross-Cultural Evidence for the Heterogeneity of the Restricted, Repetitive Behaviours and Interests Domain of Autism--A Greek Study
Papageorgiou, Vaya; Georgiades, Stelios; Mavreas, Venos
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v38 n3 p558-561 Mar 2008
Recent studies provide evidence that the Restricted, Repetitive Behaviours, and Interests (RRBI) domain of autism is heterogeneous, consisting of at least two factors: Insistence on Sameness (IS) and Repetitive Sensory and Motor Behaviours and Interests (RSMB) [Cuccaro et al. ("Child Psychiatry and Human Development," 34, 3-7, 2003; Szatmari et al. ("Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry," 47, 582-590, 2006)]. The main objective of this study was to replicate this two-factor structure in an independent sample of 153 Greek individuals with a diagnosis of Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). Principal Component Analysis was used to analyze the data. Our findings confirmed the two-factor structure (accounting for 52% of the variance), providing evidence for the cross-cultural heterogeneity of the RRBI domain of autism and the clear distinction between IS and RSMB symptoms in individuals with PDD.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Greece
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