ABSTRACT

Aim: Comorbid psychopathology refers to having a diagnosis of two or more co-occurring psychological disorders. The current study investigated the differences between children and adolescents with no-mild, moderate and severe comorbid psychopathology in children and adolescents with ASD.

Method: Parents of 133 children completed the Autism Spectrum Disorder-Comorbid for Children, Behavior Problems Inventory-Short Form, Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory, Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, Social Communication Questionnaire, Short Sensory Profile, and Behavioral/Educational Interventions and Complementary/Alternative Medicine (CAM) Interventions of the Autism Treatment Network Registry Parent Baseline Assessment.

Results: A significant difference was found between severity of comorbid psychopathology and all types of challenging behavior and all sensory issues except movement. A small effect size was also found between comorbid psychopathology and quality of life.

Conclusion: The findings from this study show significant difficulties associated with those with comorbid psychopathology in ASD in challenging behavior, sensory issues and quality of life.

摘要

目的：共病精神病理学是指诊断出两种或两种以上同时发生的心理障碍。目前的研究调查了患有 ASD 的儿童和青少年中无轻度、中度和重度共病精神病理学的儿童和青少年之间的差异。

方法：133 名儿童的父母完成了自闭症谱系障碍-儿童共病、行为问题量表-简表、儿科生活质量量表、Vineland 适应性行为量表、社会交流问卷、短感官概况以及行为/教育干预和补充/自闭症治疗网络注册家长基线评估的替代医学 (CAM) 干预。

结果：共病精神病理学的严重程度与所有类型的挑战性行为和除运动之外的所有感官问题之间存在显着差异。在共病精神病理学和生活质量之间也发现了一个小的影响大小。

结论：这项研究的结果表明，与 ASD 共病精神病理学患者在挑战行为、感官问题和生活质量方面存在重大困难。