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Beyza Birsen Yildiz1, Caner Mutlu1, Fevzi Tuna Ocakoğlu1
1Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic, Bakırköy Psychiatric Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Introduction:
Temperament differences were shown in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD); however, associations of temperament with ASD severity and accompanying psychiatric symptoms have yet to be studied.
Methods:
We evaluated 58 ASD-diagnosed children's temperaments through disorder severity and psychiatric symptoms and compared them with 58 typically developed children. We utilized the Children's Behavior Questionnaire-Short Form, The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). The Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) was used to evaluate psychiatric symptoms and ASD severity levels of children.
Results:
Negative affect, effortful control, and perceptual sensitivity were found lower in ASD-diagnosed children and decreased with ASD severity. Effortful control was also found negatively correlated with scores of behavioral problems, hyperactivity, and total difficulties. Besides, anger/frustration was found predictive for conduct and peer problems, and total difficulty scores.
Conclusion:
Further studies are needed to verify and expand these pioneer findings.
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