Investigating the autistic traits in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2015.01.012
- VernacularTitle:注意缺陷多动障碍儿童的孤独症特征分析
- Author:
Chaoqun CEN
;
Kaiyun CHEN
;
Yayong LIANG
;
Qiaoyi LI
;
Hongzhu DENG
;
Chun TANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder(ADHD);
Autistic traits;
Social responsiveness scale (SRS)
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2015;24(1):42-45
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the autistic symptoms or autistic trait in the children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder(ADHD) for facilitating the development of appropriate interventions.Methods Sixty-two 6-12-year-old high-functioned autism spectrum disorder (ASD),ADHD and typically developing (TD) children were assessed respectively using Chinese-version social responsiveness scale (SRS),and ADHD core symptoms were assessed in the ADHD children at the same time.Results ASD group＞ADHD group＞ TD group on the SRS total raw score and the five dimensions scores as well(P＜0.01).ASD,ADHD and TD group scored respectively 92.43±19.17,65.66±19.86 and 38.40±10.68 on the SRS total scale.The SRS total raw score of ADHD group exceeded the TD group for 2.55 standard deviant (SD) and with social communication (2.00 SD) and autistic mannerism (2.71 SD) deviating the most.22.58％ (14 out of 62) children with ADHD scored above the threshold on the SRS total raw score which was significantly higher than that in the TD group(P＜0.01).There were nonsignificant differences in the ADHD core symptoms between ADHD± children (with the SRS total raw score ≥85)and ADHD-children(with the SRS total raw score＜85) (P＞0.01).Conclusion Children with ADHD appear more ASD symptoms than the TD children and a considerable proportion of them reach the SRS diagnostic cut-off point.
