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Obesity and Associated Factors in Youth with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Granich, Joanna; Lin, Ashleigh; Hunt, Anna; Wray, John; Dass, Alena; Whitehouse, Andrew J. O. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
Weight status on children and youth with autism spectrum disorder is limited. We examined the prevalence of overweight/obesity in children and youth with autism spectrum disorder, and associations between weight status and range of factors. Children and youth with autism spectrum disorder aged 2-16 years (n = 208) and their parents participated in…
Descriptors: Obesity, Body Weight, Children, Adolescents
Motor Proficiency and Emotional/Behavioural Disturbance in Autism and Asperger's Disorder: Another Piece of the Neurological Puzzle?
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Papadopoulos, Nicole; McGinley, Jennifer; Tonge, Bruce; Bradshaw, John; Saunders, Kerryn; Murphy, Anna; Rinehart, Nicole – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2012
The relationship of motor proficiency with emotional/behavioural disturbance, autistic symptoms and communication disturbance was investigated in children diagnosed with autism and Asperger's disorder (AD). The Movement Assessment Battery for Children was used as a measure of motor impairment, and the Developmental Behavioural Checklist was used…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Asperger Syndrome, Emotional Disturbances
Lexical Processing in Individuals with High-Functioning Autism and Asperger's Disorder
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Speirs, Samantha; Yelland, Greg; Rinehart, Nicole; Tonge, Bruce – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2011
The presence or absence of clinically delayed language development prior to 3 years of age is a key, but contentious, clinical feature distinguishing autism from Asperger's disorder. The aim of this study was to examine language processing in children with high-functioning autism (HFA) and Asperger's disorder (AD) using a task which taps lexical…
Descriptors: Priming, Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Language Processing
Social Vulnerability and Bullying in Children with Asperger Syndrome
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Sofronoff, Kate; Dark, Elizabeth; Stone, Valerie – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2011
Children with Asperger syndrome (AS) have IQ within the normal range but specific impairments in theory of mind, social interaction and communication skills. The majority receive education in mainstream schools and research suggests they are bullied more than typically developing peers. The current study aimed to evaluate factors that predict…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Bullying, Asperger Syndrome, Interpersonal Relationship
The Effectiveness of Parent Management Training To Increase Self-Efficacy in Parents of Children with Asperger Syndrome.
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Sofronoff, Kate; Farbotko, Michelle – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2002
A study compared the effectiveness of a 1-day parent workshop to improve parental self-efficacy in the management of problem behaviors associated with Asperger syndrome and six individual sessions. Parents in both intervention groups reported fewer problem behaviors compared to controls. Mothers reported a significantly greater increase in…
Descriptors: Asperger Syndrome, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Child Rearing
A Deficit in Shifting Attention Present in High-Functioning Autism but Not Asperger's Disorder.
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Rinehart, Nicole J.; Bradshaw, John L.; Moss, Simon A.; Brereton, Avril V.; Tonge, Bruce J. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2001
A study examined the executive functioning, in particular the attentional set-shifting deficits in Australian individuals ages 6-20 with high-functioning autism (n=12) and Asperger's disorder (n=12). Results indicate that individuals with autism had a deficiency in shifting from local to global processing, however, this was not observed in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Asperger Syndrome, Attention, Autism