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Trajectories of co-occurring psychopathology symptoms in autism from late childhood to adulthood

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 July 2020

James B. McCauley ,
Rebecca Elias  and
Catherine Lord
James B. McCauley
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Rebecca Elias
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Catherine Lord*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
*
Author for Correspondence: Catherine Lord, George Tarjan Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles Jane & Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, 760 Westwood Plaza 68-265, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA; E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Given high rates of co-occurring conditions in youth and adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), it is critical to examine the developmental trajectories of these symptoms of psychopathology. Using data from a cohort of participants (n = 194), most of whom were first assessed for ASD in very early childhood, we investigated the trajectories of co-occurring depressive, anxiety, and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms from late childhood to adulthood. Additionally, childhood predictors and adult outcomes associated with these symptom trajectories were examined. Using group-based trajectory modeling, we found two distinct classes of individuals exhibiting each of these co-occurring symptom patterns: one class exhibited fairly low symptoms across time, and one class with elevated symptoms with varied fluctuation across time (ADHD symptoms starting high but decreasing, anxiety symptoms high and stable, and depressive symptoms fluctuating but peaking at clinically significant levels in young adulthood). All high trajectory classes were associated with age 9 adaptive skills; verbal IQ predicted higher anxiety and depressive symptom classes. After accounting for verbal IQ, all high symptom trajectory classes were negative predictors of objective adult outcomes. These findings call for wide-ranging considerations of the needs of individuals across ability levels, autism symptoms, and behavioral and emotional challenges.

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autismco-occurring symptomsdevelopmentlongitudinal dataoutcomestrajectories
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Development and Psychopathology , Volume 32 , Special Issue 4: Conceptualizing and Interrogating Autism Spectrum Disorder from a Developmental Psychopathology Framework , October 2020 , pp. 1287 - 1302
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