ERIC Number: ED623371
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 12
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Phenoscreening: A Developmental Approach to Research Domain Criteria-Motivated Sampling
Doyle, Colleen M.; Lasch, Carolyn; Vollman, Elayne P.; Desjardins, Christopher D.; Helwig, Nathaniel E.; Jacob, Suma; Wolff, Jason J.; Elison, Jed T.
Grantee Submission, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry v62 n7 p884-894 2021
Background: To advance early identification efforts, we must detect and characterize neurodevelopmental sequelae of risk among population-based samples early in development. However, variability across the typical-to-atypical continuum and heterogeneity within and across early emerging psychiatric/neurodevelopmental disorders represent fundamental challenges to overcome. Identifying multidimensionally determined profiles of risk, agnostic to DSM categories, via data-driven computational approaches represents an avenue to improve early identification of risk. Methods: Factor mixture modeling (FMM) was used to identify subgroups and characterize phenotypic risk profiles, derived from multiple parent-report measures of typical and atypical behaviors common to autism spectrum disorder, in a community-based sample of 17- to 25-month-old toddlers (n = 1,570). To examine the utility of risk profile classification, a subsample of toddlers (n = 107) was assessed on a distal, independent outcome examining internalizing, externalizing, and dysregulation at approximately 30 months. Results: FMM results identified five asymmetrically sized subgroups. The putative high- and moderate-risk groups comprised 6% of the sample. Followup analyses corroborated the utility of the risk profile classification; the high-, moderate-, and low-risk groups were differentially stratified (i.e., HR > moderate-risk > LR) on outcome measures and comparison of high- and low-risk groups revealed large effect sizes for internalizing (d = 0.83), externalizing (d = 1.39), and dysregulation (d = 1.19). Conclusions: This data-driven approach yielded five subgroups of toddlers, the utility of which was corroborated by later outcomes. Data-driven approaches, leveraging multiple developmentally appropriate dimensional RDoC constructs, hold promise for future efforts aimed toward early identification of at-risk-phenotypes for a variety of early emerging neurodevelopmental disorders.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED); National Science Foundation (NSF); National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) (DHHS/NIH)
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Identifiers - Location: Minnesota
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: MacArthur Bates Communicative Development Inventories
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305B140048; K01MH101653; R01MH104324

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