Sentences with phrase «autism severity»
"Autism severity" refers to how much a person with autism is affected by their condition. It describes the range and intensity of challenges they face in communication, social interactions, and repetitive behaviors. Full definition
They do not tend to reduce overall levels of autism severity.
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Second, regression analyses revealed that social support functioned as a moderator of the impact of autism severity on sibling adjustment rather than a mediator or compensatory variable.
On a scale that indicates autism severity, scores were lower in children whose families had received the training: 7.3 versus 7.8 in children who had not received the intervention.
In 3319 children with ASD, those with ADHD had an increased risk of anxiety and mood disorders and higher autism severity scores.
Clinician - based autism severity ratings (based on the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule) did not significantly predict parenting stress; however, parental report of the severity of ASD - associated symptoms (from the Social Responsiveness Scale) showed a significant relation to stress.
Autism Risk Index scores also showed strong relationships across samples with a clinical observation measure of autism severity.
Improvements in socialization and communication were also seen in children with lower autism severity and greater language and cognitive abilities at preschool age.
Our study found a way to combine measures of brain structure, white matter diffusion, and neurochemical concentration to classify our participants by their diagnosis, as well as their level of autism severity.»
Compared parenting stress in parents of TD children and children with ASD and the impact of child characteristics (age, autism severity, quality of life, problem behaviour) on parent outcomes.