Child, maternal and demographic factors influencing caregiver-reported autistic trait symptomatology in toddlers

D. A. Goh; D. Gan; J. Kung; S. Baron-Cohen; C. Allison; H. Chen; S. M. Saw; Y. S. Chong; V. S. Rajadurai; K. H. Tan; P. C.L. Shek; F. Yap; B. F.P. Broekman; I. Magiati

doi:10.1007/s10803-018-3471-7

Child, maternal and demographic factors influencing caregiver-reported autistic trait symptomatology in toddlers

D. A. Goh, D. Gan, J. Kung, S. Baron-Cohen, C. Allison, H. Chen, S. M. Saw, Y. S. Chong, V. S. Rajadurai, K. H. Tan, P. C.L. Shek, F. Yap, B. F.P. Broekman, I. Magiati^*

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Current research on children’s autistic traits in the general population relies predominantly on caregiver-report, yet the extent to which individual, caregiver or demographic characteristics are associated with informants’ ratings has not been sufficiently explored. In this study, caregivers of 396 Singaporean two-year-olds from a birth cohort study completed the Quantitative Checklist for Autism in Toddlers. Children’s gender, cognitive functioning and birth order, maternal age, and ethnic group membership were not significant predictors of caregiver-reported autistic traits. Poorer child language development and higher maternal depressive symptoms significantly predicted more social-communicative autistic traits, while lower maternal education predicted more behavioural autistic traits. Children’s language and informants’ educational level and depressive symptomatology may need to be considered in caregiver-reports of autistic traits.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1325-1337
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Volume	48
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-018-3471-7
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2018

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Goh, D. A., Gan, D., Kung, J., Baron-Cohen, S., Allison, C., Chen, H., Saw, S. M., Chong, Y. S., Rajadurai, V. S., Tan, K. H., Shek, P. C. L., Yap, F., Broekman, B. F. P., & Magiati, I. (2018). Child, maternal and demographic factors influencing caregiver-reported autistic trait symptomatology in toddlers. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48(4), 1325-1337. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-018-3471-7

Goh, D. A. ; Gan, D. ; Kung, J. ; Baron-Cohen, S. ; Allison, C. ; Chen, H. ; Saw, S. M. ; Chong, Y. S. ; Rajadurai, V. S. ; Tan, K. H. ; Shek, P. C.L. ; Yap, F. ; Broekman, B. F.P. ; Magiati, I. / Child, maternal and demographic factors influencing caregiver-reported autistic trait symptomatology in toddlers. In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2018 ; Vol. 48, No. 4. pp. 1325-1337.

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Child, maternal and demographic factors influencing caregiver-reported autistic trait symptomatology in toddlers. / Goh, D. A.; Gan, D.; Kung, J.; Baron-Cohen, S.; Allison, C.; Chen, H.; Saw, S. M.; Chong, Y. S.; Rajadurai, V. S.; Tan, K. H.; Shek, P. C.L.; Yap, F.; Broekman, B. F.P.; Magiati, I.

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