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Uljarevic, Mirko; Frazier, Thomas W.; Rached, Gaëlle; Busch, Robyn M.; Klaas, Patricia; Srivastava, Siddharth; Martinez-Agosto, Julian A.; Sahin, Mustafa; Eng, Charis; Hardan, Antonio Y. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
This study aimed to characterize the relationship between insistence on sameness (IS), executive functioning (EF) and anxiety among individuals with "PTEN" mutations and individuals with macrocephalic ASD. The sample included 38 individuals with "PTEN" mutation and ASD diagnosis ("PTEN"-ASD; M[subscript age] =…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Anxiety, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Rebecca M. Pollak; T. Lindsey Burrell; Joseph F. Cubells; Cheryl Klaiman; Melissa M. Murphy; Celine A. Saulnier; Elaine F. Walker; Stormi Pulver White; Jennifer G. Mulle – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
3q29 deletion syndrome (3q29del) is associated with neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental phenotypes. We previously reported that graphomotor weakness is present in up to 78% of individuals with 3q29del. We have now explored nuances of the graphomotor phenotype and its association with other comorbidities in this population. Participants were…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Psychomotor Skills, Visual Perception
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Ng-Cordell, Elise; Hanley, Mary; Kelly, Alyssa; Riby, Deborah M. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Anxiety is a prevalent mental health issue for individuals with Williams syndrome (WS). Relatively little is known about the developmental course of anxiety, or how it links with core features of WS, namely social and executive functioning (EF). In this study, parent-reports of anxiety were compared across a 4-year period (N = 17), and links…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Genetic Disorders, Comorbidity, Parent Attitudes
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Oerlemans, Anoek M.; Droste, Katharina; van Steijn, Daphne J.; de Sonneville, Leo M. J.; Buitelaar, Jan K.; Rommelse, Nanda N. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
Cognitive research proposes that social cognition (SC), executive functions (EF) and local processing style (weak CC) may be fruitful areas for research into the familial-genetic underpinnings of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The performance of 140 children with ASD, 172 siblings and 127 controls on tasks measuring SC (face recognition,…
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Social Cognition, Executive Function