Presentation and Correlates of Hoarding Behaviors in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Comorbid Anxiety or Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms.
J Autism Dev Disord
; 48(12): 4167-4178, 2018 Dec.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29974314
ABSTRACT
We investigated the presentation and correlates of hoarding behaviors in 204 children aged 7-13 with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and comorbid anxiety or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms. Approximately 34% of the sample presented at least moderate levels, and with 7% presenting severe to extreme levels of hoarding. Child gender predicted hoarding severity. In addition, child ASD-related social difficulties together with attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder symptom severity positively predicted hoarding controlling for child gender and restricted and repetitive behaviors. Finally, child anxiety/OCD symptoms positively predicted hoarding, controlling for all other factors. These results suggest hoarding behaviors may constitute a common feature of pediatric ASD with comorbid anxiety/OCD, particularly in girls and children with greater social difficulties and comorbid psychiatric symptom severity.
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01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Anxiety
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Anxiety Disorders
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Hoarding
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Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
J Autism Dev Disord
Year:
2018
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States