Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, «Aghia Sophia” Children’s Hospital, Greece.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 20(03), 731-742
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2023.20.3.2529
Received on 31 October 2023; revised on 09 December 2023; accepted on 11 December 2023
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) face challenges related to their functioning, also known as adaptive behavior. Studies in recent literature explore the association between adaptive behavior and cognitive ability in children with ASD.
Aim: The present study investigates adaptive behavior and adaptive skills in children with ASD in relation to their cognitive ability.
Methods: In the present study, the sample consisted of 54 children with ASD, with a minimum Intelligence Quotient-IQ of “70”, who were admitted to a Child Psychiatric Hospital Clinic. Screening of functional and cognitive difficulties was performed by administering the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (VABS) and Wechsler's Intelligence Scale for children-III (WISC-III), respectively.
Results: Children with ASD exhibited deviations in adaptive behavior, with a pattern of deficits in adaptive skills (p<0.001). The group with high general cognitive score showed higher performance in the areas of Communication and Socialization, compared to the group with low general cognitive score. Both groups showed significant deficits in Daily Living Skills. The relationship between adaptive behavior/adaptive skills was investigated in relation to general, verbal and performance IQ (VIQ-PIQ). The general cognitive score was found to predict the performance of adaptive behavior. In the high cognitive ability group, the verbal and performance cognitive score predicted performance in Communication and Activities of Daily Living, respectively.
Conclusions: The functioning of children with ASD is reflected in adaptive behavior, where a pattern of deficits is presented in relation to the cognitive ability.
Function; Adaptive behavior; Adaptive skills; Autism Spectrum Disorder; Intelligence Quotient
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Nikolaos Gerosideris, Symeon Dimitrios Daskalou, Kolaitis Gerasimos, Georgios Giannakopoulos and Katerina Papanikolaou. Adaptive behavior of school-aged children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 20(3), 731-742 . Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.20.3.2529