Authors: Susan L Hepburn Wendy L Stone
Publish Date: 2006/04/21
Volume: 36, Issue: 5, Pages: 637-642
Abstract
Many researchers have suggested that temperament information could be useful for understanding the behavioral variability within the autism spectrum The purpose of this brief report is to examine temperament profiles of 110 children with ASD ages 3–8 years 61 with Autistic Disorder 42 with PDDNOS and 7 with Asperger Disorder via a commonly used parent report measure of child temperament Internal consistency of temperament dimensions test–retest reliability descriptions of means and standard deviations are examined relative to previously published norms Internal consistency of the dimensions and test–retest reliability were comparable to published norms however children with autism were rated as presenting with more extreme scores than typicallydeveloping children on several dimensions Limitations and implications for future work are discussedThis project was supported in part by NIMH MH50620 Stone the Merck Dissertation Scholars Program Hepburn and the Collaborative Programs for Excellence in Autism Research funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Development HD35468 The authors express their gratitude to the following people who contributed to this endeavor Barbara HepburnWilliam MacLean Steven Warren Linda Ashford Bahr Weiss Bob Newbrough
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