Much of the research evaluating toilet training interventions for children with ASD has focused on urinations as the primary dependent variable. As a result, the effects that toilet training interventions targeting urinations may have on other related dependent variables remains unclear. We conducted a retrospective analysis of data obtained by Perez et al. (2020), who evaluated the effects of a treatment package on urinary continence in children with ASD. We examined the relation between the emergence of urinary continence and multiple nontargeted dependent variables: bowel movements, self-initiation correspondence, percentage of appropriate urinations that were self-initiated, self-initiation rate, and problem behavior. Results showed that improvements in urinary continence were strongly correlated with improvements in all nontargeted dependent variables. Implications for future research and clinical practice are discussed.

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随着尿失禁的出现，评估排便、自我启动和问题行为

许多评估 ASD 儿童如厕训练干预的研究都将排尿作为主要因变量。因此，针对排尿的如厕训练干预可能对其他相关因变量产生的影响尚不清楚。我们对 Perez 等人获得的数据进行了回顾性分析。(2020)，他评估了治疗方案对 ASD 儿童尿控的影响。我们检查了尿失禁的出现与多个非目标因变量之间的关系：排便、自发性对应、自发性适当排尿的百分比、自发性率和问题行为。结果表明，尿控的改善与所有非目标因变量的改善密切相关。讨论了对未来研究和临床实践的影响。