Abstract
We investigated the influence of specific autism spectrum disorder (ASD) deficits in learning adaptive behaviour, besides intelligence quotient (IQ). Participated 217 school-aged: ASD (N = 115), and other neurodevelopmental disorders (OND) groups (N = 102) matched by Full-Scale IQ. We compared standard scores of Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scale (VABS) in communication, daily living skills, socialization and adaptive behaviour composite. Pearson-correlation analysis was performed between each domain of VABS and Full-Scale, Verbal and Performance IQ, and chronological age (CA). Results indicated that impairment in adaptive behaviour within the domain of socialization skills remains a distinctive factor of ASD versus OND, independently of intellectual disability (ID). Co-occurring ID result in further debilitating effects on overall functioning, especially in ASD. CA is negatively associated with VABS scores.
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Abbreviations
- AB:
-
Adaptive behaviour
- ABC:
-
Adaptive behaviour composite
- ADI-R:
-
Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised
- ADOS:
-
Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule
- ASD:
-
Autism spectrum disorder
- ASD_ID:
-
ASD with ID
- ASD_NID:
-
ASD with no ID
- CA:
-
Chronological age
- COM:
-
Communication
- DLS:
-
Daily living skills
- DSM-5:
-
Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders fifth edition
- F:
-
Female
- FSIQ:
-
Full-scale intelligence quotient
- ID:
-
Intellectual disability
- IQ:
-
Intelligence quotient
- M:
-
Male
- OND:
-
Other neurodevelopmental disorders
- OND_ID:
-
OND with ID
- OND_NID:
-
OND with no ID
- PIQ:
-
Performance intelligence quotient
- SD:
-
Standard deviation
- SOC:
-
Socialization
- SS:
-
Standard scores
- VABS:
-
Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scale
- VIQ:
-
Verbal intelligence quotient
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Mouga, S., Almeida, J., Café, C. et al. Adaptive Profiles in Autism and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders. J Autism Dev Disord 45, 1001–1012 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-014-2256-x
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