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Callous Unemotional Traits Mediate the Presence of Challenging Behaviors in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability
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María Álvarez-Couto; Domingo García-Villamisar; Araceli del Pozo – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2024
Background: Callous-unemotional traits (CUT) are an antisocial personality trait, which can be present in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), especially in relation to difficulties in empathy. These traits are related to challenging behaviors, such as aggressive behavior, which may occur in people with ASD. Method: This study aimed to…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Problems, Adults
Challenging Behaviors in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability: A Differential Analysis from a Transdiagnostic Approach
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María Álvarez-Couto; Domingo García-Villamisar; Araceli del Pozo – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
This study aimed at analyzing the differences in challenging behaviors between adults with intellectual disability and ASD and those who only had intellectual disability, as well as to explore associations between transdiagnostic and clinical variables to these differences. Therapists and educators of 163 adults with intellectual disability (83…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Adults, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Intellectual Disability
Differentiating Co-Occurring Behavior Problems in Children with ADHD: Patterns of Emotional Reactivity and Executive Functioning
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Graziano, Paulo A.; McNamara, Joseph P.; Geffken, Gary R.; Reid, Adam M. – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2013
Objective:This study examined whether "top-down" and "bottom-up" control processes can differentiate children with ADHD who exhibit co-occurring aggression and/or internalizing symptoms. Method: Participants included 74 children ("M" age = 10.7 years) with a "Diagnostic and Statistical…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Children, Behavior Problems, Executive Function
The Spectrum of Disease in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
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McKee, Ann C.; Stein, Thor D.; Nowinski, Christopher J.; Stern, Robert A.; Daneshvar, Daniel H.; Alvarez, Victor E.; Lee, Hyo-Soon; Hall, Garth; Wojtowicz, Sydney M.; Baugh, Christine M.; Riley, David O.; Kubilus, Caroline A.; Cormier, Kerry A.; Jacobs, Matthew A.; Martin, Brett R.; Abraham, Carmela R.; Ikezu, Tsuneya; Reichard, Robert Ross; Wolozin, Benjamin L.; Budson, Andrew E.; Goldstein, Lee E.; Kowall, Neil W.; Cantu, Robert C. – Brain, 2013
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is a progressive tauopathy that occurs as a consequence of repetitive mild traumatic brain injury. We analysed post-mortem brains obtained from a cohort of 85 subjects with histories of repetitive mild traumatic brain injury and found evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in 68 subjects: all males, ranging…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Head Injuries, Chronic Illness, Brain