Co-development of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autistic trait trajectories from childhood to early adulthood

© 2023 The Authors. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health..

BACKGROUND: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism, defined as traits or disorders, commonly co-occur. Developmental trajectories of ADHD and autistic traits both show heterogeneity in onset and course, but little is known about how symptom trajectories co-develop into adulthood.

METHODS: Using data from a population cohort, the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, we examined correlations between ADHD and autistic traits across development, using the Social Communication Disorders Checklist and ADHD subscale of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. We modelled joint developmental trajectories of parent-reported ADHD and autistic traits between 4 and 25 years, then characterised trajectory classes based on sociodemographic, perinatal, psychopathology, cognition and social functioning variables and tested for associations with neurodevelopmental/psychiatric polygenic scores (PGS).

RESULTS: Three classes of trajectories were identified; a typically developing majority with low-stable ADHD-autistic traits (87%), a male-predominant subgroup with child/adolescent-declining traits (6%) and a subgroup with late-emerging traits (6%). ADHD-autistic trait correlations were greatest in young adulthood for the two nontypically developing classes. There were higher rates of emotional and conduct problems, low IQ, childhood seizures and poor social functioning in the declining and late-emerging classes compared to the low-stable class. Emotional, conduct and peer problems were more prevalent during childhood in the childhood/adolescent-declining class compared to other classes, but were more prevalent in young adulthood in the late-emerging class. Neurodevelopmental/psychiatric PGS also differed: both nontypically developing classes showed elevated ADHD PGS compared to the low-stable group, and the late-emerging group additionally showed elevated schizophrenia PGS and decreased executive function PGS, whereas the declining group showed elevated broad depression PGS.

CONCLUSIONS: Distinct patterns of ADHD-autism co-development are present across development in the general population, each with different characterising factors and genetic signatures as indexed by PGS.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:64

Enthalten in:

Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines - 64(2023), 11 vom: 27. Nov., Seite 1596-1607

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shakeshaft, Amy [VerfasserIn]
Heron, Jon [VerfasserIn]
Blakey, Rachel [VerfasserIn]
Riglin, Lucy [VerfasserIn]
Davey Smith, George [VerfasserIn]
Stergiakouli, Evie [VerfasserIn]
Tilling, Kate [VerfasserIn]
Thapar, Anita [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ADHD
ALSPAC
Autism
Genetic
Journal Article
Longitudinal
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Trajectories

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Date Completed 09.10.2023

Date Revised 21.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/jcpp.13851

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM358514126