Supporting the Spectrum Hypothesis: Self-Reported Temperament in Children and Adolescents with High Functioning Autism

Burrows, Catherine A.; Usher, Lauren V.; Schwartz, Caley B; Mundy, Peter; Henderson, Heather A.

doi:10.1007/s10803-015-2653-9

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“…In depression, negative patterns of repetitive thought are hypothesized to develop via dysfunctional modulation of large-scale neural networks, including the default mode network (DMN) and salience network (Burrows, Usher, Schwartz, Mundy, & Henderson, 2016). This hypothesis is supported by studies indicating that individuals with depression show variation in functional connectivity between key nodes of these networks: the insula and the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC; Berman et al, 2014; Connolly et al, 2013), which is related to rumination severity (Kaiser et al, 2015).…”

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“…The affective bias task presented here would be easily applicable to functional imaging or electrophysiological studies, which may shed light on neural mechanisms underlying repetitive cognition. Specifically, these studies should capitalize upon existing evidence in depression of dysfunctional connectivity between networks supporting salience detection and executive function (Berman et al, 2014; Burrows et al, 2016; Connolly et al, 2013), which may contribute to patterns of cognitive rigidity. Finally, we suggest future work to probe etiological similarities between the two groups.…”

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Adults with Autism and Adults with Depression Show Similar Attentional Biases to Social-Affective Images

Unruh

Gotham

2018

J Autism Dev Disord

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Individuals with ASD have increased rates of depression compared to the general population. Repetitive cognition is a core feature of ASD; in typically developing adults, repetitive cognition has been associated with attentional biases to negative emotional material and increased prospective depression risk. We compared adults with ASD to typically developing adults with depression and never-depressed controls, using a paired preference paradigm sensitive to affective biases in the context of repetitive cognition. Both clinical cohorts oriented faster to negative social-emotional material and spent less time overall on positive material, compared to healthy controls. Exploratory analyses within ASD revealed specific influences of repetitive behavior on patterns of affective bias. Findings help pinpoint susceptibilities in ASD that may confer increased risk for depression.

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Adults with Autism and Adults with Depression Show Similar Attentional Biases to Social-Affective Images

Unruh

Gotham

2018

J Autism Dev Disord

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“…Moreover, children with ASD were described as withdrawing and displaying an irritable mood more often and being less adaptable than the DD group. More recently, when compared with children with DD or typical development, children and adolescents with ASD demonstrated poor effortful control and surgency and increased negative emotionality (Burrows et al 2016;Macari et al 2017). Overall, previous comparisons indicate that, compared with their peers, children with ASD demonstrate a different temperament profile.…”

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“…More recently, when compared with children with DD or typical development, children and adolescents with ASD demonstrated poor effortful control and surgency and increased negative emotionality (Burrows et al . ; Macari et al . ).…”

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Changes in temperament over time in young children with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental delays: a follow‐up comparison study

Reyes

Walsh

Soke

et al. 2019

J intellect Disabil Res

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Background Although in the last decade some research has emerged on temperament in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), this research has primarily focused on the differences between children with ASD and their typically developing peers rather than the stability or change in temperament in this population. Thus, the goal of this study was to examine temperament over time in children with ASD, developmental delays (DD) and typical development (TD). Temperament differences were also compared among the three groups. Methods To accomplish this, parents rated children's temperament at Time 1 (T1) and Time 2 (T2) using the Carey Temperament Scales (CTS). Results Results from the study showed that at T1, parents of children with ASD rated their children as more withdrawn (i.e. approach), and emotionally negative (i.e. mood), and less distractible and adaptable than parents of children with TD and DD. Also, children with ASD were rated as more intense and children with DD as less distractible than their TD peers. Similarly, at T2, children with ASD were rated more withdrawn, and emotionally negative, and less persistent, rhythmic, adaptable and distractible than children with TD and DD. Also, children with ASD were rated as more active than their DD peers. Regarding stability, parent ratings of temperament appeared stable over time in the TD group, but ratings varied substantially in the ASD or DD groups. That is, for the ASD group, activity and approach at T1 were significantly associated with their corresponding dimensions at T2. However, for the TD group, rhythmicity, approach, intensity and mood at T1 were significantly associated with those dimensions at T2. No associations were found in the DD group. Regarding change, parents reported change in rhythmicity, persistence and threshold between T1 and T2 in the ASD group. Similarly, parents reported change in rhythmicity, approach and threshold between T1 and T2 in the DD group. Lastly, parents of TD children reported change in adaptability, persistence and distractibility between T1 and T2. Conclusions These findings are novel in that children with ASD appear to have less stable temperament profile and different change patterns than children with TD or DD. Similar to previous research, children with ASD were described by their parents as experiencing more temperamental difficulties.

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“…Nevertheless, caregiver-to-child effects were hypothesized and modeled, as studies with longitudinal measures more consistently found an effect of early caregiver attributes on subsequent child temperament than the reverse, when cross-sectional associations and stability of constructs were controlled for [Hanington et al, 2010;Pesonen et al, 2008], particularly in early life [Eisenberg et al, 2010]. In light of evidence suggesting temperament traits function similarly across clinical and nonclinical groups [Burrows, Usher, Schwartz, Mundy, & Henderson, 2016;Schwartz et al, 2009], we expected to replicate the results obtained by Suveg et al [2011], Choe et al [2014], and Allen et al [2018] in a sample of infants with autism features. Specifically, infant negative affectivity and selfregulation were expected to mediate the concurrent relation between caregiver psychological distress and both internalizing and externalizing symptoms, while we anticipated a mediating effect of surgency only for internalizing.…”

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The Role of Negative Affectivity in Concurrent Relations Between Caregiver Psychological Distress and Social‐Emotional Difficulties in Infants With Early Signs of Autism

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Recent evidence suggests the link between caregiver psychological distress and offspring social‐emotional difficulties may be accounted for by offspring temperament characteristics. However, existing studies have only focused on neurotypical children; thus, the current study sought to provide an initial examination of this process among children with varying levels of early autism features. Participants included 103 infants aged 9–16 months (M = 12.39, SD = 1.97; 68% male) and their primary caregiver (96% mothers) referred to a larger study by community healthcare professionals. We utilized caregiver‐reported measures of psychological distress (Depression Anxiety Stress Scales), infant temperament (Infant Behavior Questionnaire‐Revised) and internalizing and externalizing symptoms (Infant‐Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment) and administered the Autism Observation Schedule for Infants (AOSI) at an assessment visit to quantify autism features. Infant negative affectivity was found to mediate positive concurrent relations between caregiver psychological distress and infant internalizing and externalizing symptoms, irrespective of the infants' AOSI score. While preliminary and cross‐sectional, these results replicate and extend previous findings suggesting that the pathway from caregiver psychological distress to negative affectivity to social‐emotional difficulties might also be apparent among infants with varying levels of autism features. More rigorous tests of causal effects await future longitudinal investigation. Lay Summary Offspring of caregivers experiencing psychological distress (i.e., symptoms of depression, anxiety, and/or stress) may themselves be at increased risk of poor mental health outcomes. Several previous studies conducted with neurotypical children suggest that this link from caregiver‐to‐child may be facilitated by children's temperament qualities. This study was a preliminary cross‐sectional exploration of these relationships in infants with features of autism. We found that infants' elevated negative emotions were involved in the relation between caregiver heightened psychological distress and children's mental health difficulties, consistent with neurotypical development. Autism Res 2020, 13: 1349–1357. © 2020 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Supporting the Spectrum Hypothesis: Self-Reported Temperament in Children and Adolescents with High Functioning Autism

Cited by 27 publications

References 41 publications

Adults with Autism and Adults with Depression Show Similar Attentional Biases to Social-Affective Images

Adults with Autism and Adults with Depression Show Similar Attentional Biases to Social-Affective Images

Changes in temperament over time in young children with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental delays: a follow‐up comparison study

The Role of Negative Affectivity in Concurrent Relations Between Caregiver Psychological Distress and Social‐Emotional Difficulties in Infants With Early Signs of Autism

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