Maladaptive Behavior and Associated Factors among Young Children with Autism

Abstract The present study assessed the prevalence of clinically significant maladaptive behaviors and associated factors among young male children diagnosed with autism. A cross-sectional study including mothers of 88 male children with autism aged 2 to 5 y old was conducted in the year 2019. Using the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), mothers rated their child’s maladaptive behaviors. CBCL overall scores in the clinically relevant range were found in 76 (86.4%) children with autism (87.5% and 42% children had clinically significant internalizing and externalizing problems, respectively). Withdrawn (94.3%), attention problems (60.2%), and sleep problems (53.4%) were the predominant CBCL syndrome scales. Sociodemographic factors like autism severity and caffeine consumption were found to be significantly associated with maladaptive behaviors. There is an urgent need for designing effective behavioral management strategies incorporating various risk factors to enhance the quality of life among these vulnerable children..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:89

Enthalten in:

Indian journal of pediatrics - 89(2022), 11 vom: 02. Aug., Seite 1134-1136

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Samanta, Priyadarsini [VerfasserIn]
Panigrahi, Ansuman [VerfasserIn]
Senapati, Laxman Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Mishra, Durga Prasad [VerfasserIn]
Ravan, Jayaprakash Russel [VerfasserIn]
Mishra, Jayanti [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Autism severity
Child Behavior Checklist
Externalizing problems
Internalizing problems
Maladaptive behavior

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© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Dr. K C Chaudhuri Foundation 2022

doi:

10.1007/s12098-022-04286-x

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC2132396817