The Emotion Regulation Checklist with Young Autistic Children: Data Set for Comparative Use in Intervention Studies.

Area of Science:

• Developmental psychology
• Clinical psychology
• Neurodevelopmental disorders

Background:

• Standardized emotion regulation measures are crucial for assessing developmental trajectories in autistic children.
• Publicly available, autism-specific comparative data on emotion regulation changes over time is lacking.
• Such data is essential for designing and validating future therapeutic interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

• To generate and present comparative data on emotion regulation and lability in young autistic children.
• To provide percentage change data over a 10-month period for use in future research.
• To establish a baseline for evaluating therapeutic interventions in autism.

Main Methods:

• The Emotion Regulation Checklist (ERC) and its subscales were administered to autistic children not receiving therapies.
• Data was collected over a 10-month period from a cohort of 98 autistic children aged 4-8.
• Percentage change in emotion regulation measures was calculated to show development over time.

Main Results:

• Comparative data summaries of emotion regulation changes are presented.
• The full dataset is available as supplementary material for detailed analysis.
• This study provides novel longitudinal data on emotion regulation in a non-clinical intervention group.

Conclusions:

• The presented autism-sensitive measure, with autism-specific comparative data, can serve as a valuable comparison group in intervention studies.
• This data can aid in assessing affective, regulatory, and behavioral factors in the personal development of autistic children.
• The findings support the use of this measure for evaluating the efficacy of future autism therapies.