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JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
Volume 53, Issue 7, Pages 2773-2785Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-022-05547-6
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Executive functions; DEX-Sp; Autism spectrum disorder; Schizophrenia spectrum disorders; Adaptive behavior
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This study conducted a comparative analysis of everyday executive functioning between individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (SSD) and controls using Dysexecutive Questionnaire-Spanish (DEX-Sp). The results showed that individuals with ASD and SSD had difficulties in the areas of Disinhibition and Apathy, while Disorganization and Impulsivity were severely affected only in the ASD group. The degree of Dysexecutive Syndrome was predictive of adaptive behavior only in the ASD group.
This is a comparative analysis of everyday executive functioning between individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (SSD) and controls using Dysexecutive Questionnaire-Spanish (DEX-Sp), to identify patterns of difficulties. Also we assessed the relationship between EF and adaptive behavior as measured by the Vineland Adaptive Behavioral Scale-II. Common areas of everyday executive functions were established as problematic in individuals with ASD and SSD related to Disinhibition and Apathy, while Disorganization and Impulsivity was gravely affected in ASD group only. The degree of Dysexecutive Syndrome was predictive of adaptive behavior in ASD group only. These suggest that DEX-Sp could be a useful tool in differentiating areas of strength and weaknesses in clinical groups such as ASD and SDD.
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