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JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
Volume 47, Issue 10, Pages 3059-3071Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-017-3223-0
Keywords
Autism; Siblings; School functioning; Predictors; Academic performance; School social problems
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- National Science Council, Taiwan [NSC96-3112-B-002-033, NSC97-3112-B-002-009, NSC98-3112-B-002-004, NSC 101-2314-B-002-136-MY3]
- Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan [MOST102-2314-B-002-019-]
- National Health Research Institute [NHRI-EX104-10404PI]
- National Taiwan University Hospital [NTUH105-18]
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This study investigated school functioning among unaffected siblings of youths with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) and identified the correlates for school maladjustment. We recruited 66 youths with a clinical diagnosis of ASD, aged 8-19, their unaffected siblings and 132 typically developing controls (TD). We found that ASD youths had poorer school functions than unaffected siblings and TD. Unaffected siblings had poorer attitude toward schoolwork and more severe behavioral problems at school than TD. Several associated factors for different scholastic functional domains (i.e., academic performance, attitude toward school work, social interactions, behavioral problems) in the siblings included IQ, autistic traits, inattention/oppositional symptoms, sibling relationships, etc. Our findings suggest the need of assessing school functions in unaffected siblings of ASD. Trial registration: Clinical trial registration identifier: NCT01582256.
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