Child, Maternal and Demographic Factors Influencing Caregiver-Reported Autistic Trait Symptomatology in Toddlers

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...

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Published in:Journal of autism and developmental disorders 2018-04, Vol.48 (4), p.1325-1337
Main Authors: Goh, D. A., Gan, D., Kung, J., Baron-Cohen, S., Allison, C., Chen, H., Saw, S. M., Chong, Y. S., Rajadurai, V. S., Tan, K. H., Shek, P. C. L., Yap, F., Broekman, B. F. P., Magiati, I.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic achievement
Age
Autism
Autistic children
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Birth Order
Caregivers
Check Lists
Child and School Psychology
Child development
Child Language
Childbirth & labor
Children
Cognitive Ability
Cognitive functioning
Cohort analysis
Correlation
Demography
Depression (Psychology)
Educational Attainment
Ethnicity
Foreign Countries
Gender Differences
Interpersonal Communication
Language
Language Acquisition
Language disorders
Maternal depression
Membership
Mental depression
Mother Attitudes
Mothers
Neurosciences
Original Paper
Parent Child Relationship
Pediatrics
Predictor Variables
Psychology
Public Health
Respondents
Social aspects
Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Toddlers
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0162-3257
1573-3432
DOI:10.1007/s10803-018-3471-7