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How are Sensory Features associated with seven anxiety disorders in boys with Autism Spectrum Disorder?
Author(s) -
Bitsika Vicki,
Sharpley Christopher F.,
Mills Richard
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of developmental neuroscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.761
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1873-474X
pISSN - 0736-5748
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2016.03.005
Subject(s) - anxiety , autism spectrum disorder , psychology , autism , clinical psychology , association (psychology) , anxiety disorder , psychiatry , psychotherapist
The association between Sensory Features (SF) and seven anxiety disorders was investigated using self‐reports and parental reports about 140 young males with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Although there were significant correlations between SF and self‐ and parent‐ratings of some of the seven anxiety disorders, overall, SF was found to have an inconsistent association across the seven anxiety disorders and this was also found for the 8 symptoms of Generalised Anxiety Disorder. These data challenge the practice of assessing SF and anxiety via global measures and argue for individualized disorder‐specific assessments to develop more effective diagnoses and treatments for the effects of SF.