Assessment of Psychopathological Comorbidities in Children and Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder Using the Child Behavior Checklist
Assessment of Psychopathological Comorbidities in Children and Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder Using the Child Behavior Checklist
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DOI：
10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00535
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发表时间：
2019-07-26
影响因子：
4.7
通讯作者：
Vicari, Stefano
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作者：
Guerrera, Silvia;Menghini, Deny;Vicari, Stefano
自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）的特征是精神和行为共病。儿童行为检查表（CBCL）提供了有效和完善的措施，情绪，行为和社会问题的儿童和青少年。本研究的目的是通过分析一大群患有ASD的儿童和青少年的CBCL，验证情感、行为和社会问题是否受到ASD症状严重程度、认知发育、性别和年龄的调节。结果表明，约30%的ASD患者表现出内化问题，只有6%的患者表现出外化问题，男性表现出更多的内化问题。CBCL评分与ASD严重程度指数之间无相关性。然而，更高的CBCL总问题分数被发现在年龄较大的儿童和认知能力较低的儿童。行为和情绪问题的检测允许患有ASD的儿童接受考虑到他们的精神病理学问题的特定和个性化的治疗。
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by psychiatric and behavioral comorbidities. The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) provides valid and well-established measures of emotional, behavioral, and social problems in children and adolescents. The aim of the present study was to verify whether emotional, behavioral, and social problems were modulated by ASD symptom severity, cognitive development, gender, and age by analyzing the CBCL in a large group of children and adolescents with ASD. The results show that around 30% of participants with ASD exhibited internalizing problems and only 6% externalizing problems, with males exhibiting more internalizing problems than females. No correlation was found between CBCL scores and indices of ASD severity. However, higher CBCL Total Problems scores were found in older children and in children with lower cognitive abilities. The detection of behavioral and emotional problems allows children with ASD to undergo specific and individualized treatment that takes into account their psychopathological problems.