Authors: George M Anderson Farhad Montazeri Annelies de Bildt
Publish Date: 2015/07/24
Volume: 45, Issue: 10, Pages: 3115-3132
Abstract
A network conceptualization might contribute to understanding the occurrence and interacting nature of behavioral traits in the autism realm Networks were constructed based on correlations of item scores of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule for Modules 1 2 and 3 obtained for a group of 477 Dutch individuals with developmental disorders After combining Modules networks were obtained and compared for male versus female high versus lowfunctioning seizure versus nonseizure autism spectrum disorder versus intellectual disability and younger versus older subjects The network visualizations and calculated network parameters provide new perspectives that generate new hypothesis and suggest followup studies The approach should be useful in characterizing individuals and groups in elucidating mechanisms of trait generation and routes to outcome phenotypes and in suggesting points of intervention
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