Network Approach to Autistic Traits: Group and Subgroup Analyses of ADOS Item Scores

Autor/inn/en	Anderson, George M.; Montazeri, Farhad; de Bildt, Annelies
Titel	Network Approach to Autistic Traits: Group and Subgroup Analyses of ADOS Item Scores
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45 (2015) 10, S.3115-3132 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-015-2537-z
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Behavior Problems; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Networks; Correlation; Scores; Diagnostic Tests; Observation; Gender Differences; Severity (of Disability); Seizures; Mental Retardation; Age Differences; Visualization; Research Methodology; Interaction; Netherlands; Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Autismus; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Korrelation; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Beobachtung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Schweregrad; Anfallsleiden; Geistige Behinderung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Visualisation; Visualisierung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Interaktion; Niederlande
Abstract	A network conceptualization might contribute to understanding the occurrence and interacting nature of behavioral traits in the autism realm. Networks were constructed based on correlations of item scores of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule for Modules 1, 2 and 3 obtained for a group of 477 Dutch individuals with developmental disorders. After combining Modules, networks were obtained and compared for male versus female, high- versus low-functioning, seizure versus non-seizure, autism spectrum disorder versus intellectual disability, and younger versus older subjects. The network visualizations and calculated network parameters provide new perspectives that generate new hypothesis and suggest follow-up studies. The approach should be useful in characterizing individuals and groups, in elucidating mechanisms of trait generation and routes to outcome phenotypes, and in suggesting points of intervention. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01