The method in which they studied autistic children was through a “longitudinal, population-based cohort of adolescents” with ASD (autism spectrum disorder). Moreover, they collected Parent Report forms of the child’s symptoms with SMP. This included things such as rage and depressive thoughts. 91 adolescents with ASD gave the researcher data at the exact age of 16. 79 of the adolescents with ASD had previous information from when they were 12 years old. They studied whether or not the SMP in the adolescents with ASD correlated with the “typical developing youth.”
The results of their experiment were discovered. First of all, SMP was associated with the current parent rated emotional symptoms of the child. The number of psychiatric diagnoses increased the risk of SMP. However, intellect and adaptive ability had no effect in the prediction of SMP. Maternal mental health problems were associated with SMP. Autism severity also was associated with SMP. The people with SMP had a difficult time recognizing facial expressions of surprise. This might be due to the fact that children with autism have broken mirror neurons. Therefore they have a difficult time reading facial expressions. People with SMP however, only had a hard time just reading/interpreting the expression of surprise. The relationship between SMP and test of “executive function” life card sort and trail making were not significant to the experiment at all.
In conclusion, this was the first study of the “behavioral and cognitive correlates of severe mood...
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