Authors: Meagan R Talbott Charles A Nelson Helen TagerFlusberg
Publish Date: 2015/02/24
Volume: 45, Issue: 7, Pages: 2187-2199
Abstract
We examined the homebased concerns reported by mothers of infant siblings of children with autism across the first year of life At all three ages measured mothers of highrisk infants were significantly more likely than mothers of lowrisk infants to report language social communication and restricted and repetitive behavior concerns but were not more likely to report general medically based concerns At 6 and 9 months of age maternal concerns were poorly related to infant or family variables At 12 months of age there were moderate correlations between maternal concerns and infant behavior and concerns were associated with the proband’s autism symptoms and mothers’ concurrent depressive symptoms These findings highlight the need to examine highrisk infants’ development in the family contextWe are extremely grateful to the many children and families who have participated in this study and to the project staff and interns who have assisted in the data collection especially Karen Chenausky This work was supported by grants from the NIH R01DC010290 and R21 DC 08637 Autism Speaks and the Simons Foundation 137186
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