| Literature DB >> 29388148 |
D A Goh1, D Gan1, J Kung1, S Baron-Cohen2, C Allison2, H Chen3,4, S M Saw5,4,6, Y S Chong7,8, V S Rajadurai3,4, K H Tan3,4, P C L Shek7,9, F Yap3,4,10, B F P Broekman7,11,12, I Magiati13.
Abstract
Current research on children's autistic traits in the general population relies predominantly on caregiver-report, yet the extent to which individual, caregiver or demographic characteristics are associated with informants' ratings has not been sufficiently explored. In this study, caregivers of 396 Singaporean two-year-olds from a birth cohort study completed the Quantitative Checklist for Autism in Toddlers. Children's gender, cognitive functioning and birth order, maternal age, and ethnic group membership were not significant predictors of caregiver-reported autistic traits. Poorer child language development and higher maternal depressive symptoms significantly predicted more social-communicative autistic traits, while lower maternal education predicted more behavioural autistic traits. Children's language and informants' educational level and depressive symptomatology may need to be considered in caregiver-reports of autistic traits.Entities:
Keywords: Autistic traits; Child; Demographic; Informant; Measurement; Predictors.
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Year: 2018 PMID： 29388148 DOI： 10.1007/s10803-018-3471-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Autism Dev Disord ISSN： 0162-3257