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According to news reporting originating in Waterloo, Canada, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "This study tested the spectrum hypothesis, which posits that children and adolescents with high functioning autism (HFA) differ quantitatively but not qualitatively from typically developing peers on self-reported temperament.
2016 APR 18 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Mental Health Weekly Digest -- Investigators discuss new findings in Neurology. According to news reporting originating in Waterloo, Canada, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "This study tested the spectrum hypothesis, which posits that children and adolescents with high functioning autism (HFA) differ quantitatively but not qualitatively from typically developing peers on self-reported temperament. Temperament refers to early-appearing, relatively stable behavioral and emotional tendencies, which relate to maladaptive behaviors across clinical populations."
The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from the University of Waterloo, "Quantitatively, participants with HFA (N = 104, aged 10-16) self-reported less surgency and more negative affect but did not differ from comparison participants (N = 94, aged 10-16) on effortful control or affiliation. Qualitatively, groups demonstrated comparable reliability of self-reported temperament and associations between temperament and parent-reported behavior problems."
According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "These findings support the spectrum hypothesis, highlighting the utility of self-report temperament measures for understanding individual differences in comorbid behavior problems among children and adolescents with HFA."
For more information on this research see: Supporting the Spectrum Hypothesis: Self-Reported Temperament in Children and Adolescents with High Functioning Autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016;46(4):1184-1195. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders can be contacted at: Springer, Plenum Publishers, 233 Spring St, New York, NY 10013, USA. (Springer - www.springer.com; Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - www.springerlink.com/content/0162-3257/)
Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting C.A. Burrows, University of Waterloo, Dept. of Psychol, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada. Additional authors for this research include L.V. Usher, C.B. Schwartz, P.C. Mundy and H.A. Henderson.
Keywords for this news article include: Canada, Autism, Ontario, Waterloo, Neurology, North and Central America, Developmental Disabilities
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