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The relationship between restrictive and repetitive behaviors in individuals with autism and obsessive compulsive symptoms in parents.

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Abramson, RK; Ravan, SA; Wright, HH; Wieduwilt, K; Wolpert, CM; Donnelly, SA; Pericak-Vance, MA; Cuccaro, ML
Published in: Child Psychiatry Hum Dev
2005

This study investigated the relationship between repetitive behaviors in individuals with autism and obsessive-compulsive behaviors in parents. We hypothesized that repetitive behaviors in probands with autism would be associated with increased obsessive-compulsive behaviors in parents in sporadic families (1 known case of autism per family and no known history of autism). Parents with clinically significant Y-BOCS scores were more likely to have a family history of obsessive-compulsive disorder. The empirically derived Autism Diagnostic Interview-R (ADI-R) factor, Insistence on Sameness, was positively correlated with obsessive-compulsive behaviors in parents. Further, when probands were grouped on the basis of parental Y-BOCS scores (clinically significant versus non-clinically significant), probands whose parents had clinically significant Y-BOCS scores had higher ADI-R Insistence on Sameness factor scores. The findings of the current study of sporadic families extend previous work that has shown an association between restrictive/repetitive behaviors in probands with autism and obsessive-compulsive features in parents.

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Child Psychiatry Hum Dev

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0009-398X

Publication Date

2005

Volume

36

Issue

2

Start / End Page

155 / 165

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Stereotypic Movement Disorder
  • Phenotype
  • Periodicity
  • Parents
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Family
 

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Abramson, R. K., Ravan, S. A., Wright, H. H., Wieduwilt, K., Wolpert, C. M., Donnelly, S. A., … Cuccaro, M. L. (2005). The relationship between restrictive and repetitive behaviors in individuals with autism and obsessive compulsive symptoms in parents. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev, 36(2), 155–165. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-005-2973-7
Abramson, R. K., S. A. Ravan, H. H. Wright, K. Wieduwilt, C. M. Wolpert, S. A. Donnelly, M. A. Pericak-Vance, and M. L. Cuccaro. “The relationship between restrictive and repetitive behaviors in individuals with autism and obsessive compulsive symptoms in parents.Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 36, no. 2 (2005): 155–65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-005-2973-7.
Abramson RK, Ravan SA, Wright HH, Wieduwilt K, Wolpert CM, Donnelly SA, et al. The relationship between restrictive and repetitive behaviors in individuals with autism and obsessive compulsive symptoms in parents. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2005;36(2):155–65.
Abramson, R. K., et al. “The relationship between restrictive and repetitive behaviors in individuals with autism and obsessive compulsive symptoms in parents.Child Psychiatry Hum Dev, vol. 36, no. 2, 2005, pp. 155–65. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/s10578-005-2973-7.
Abramson RK, Ravan SA, Wright HH, Wieduwilt K, Wolpert CM, Donnelly SA, Pericak-Vance MA, Cuccaro ML. The relationship between restrictive and repetitive behaviors in individuals with autism and obsessive compulsive symptoms in parents. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2005;36(2):155–165.
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Published In

Child Psychiatry Hum Dev

DOI

ISSN

0009-398X

Publication Date

2005

Volume

36

Issue

2

Start / End Page

155 / 165

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Stereotypic Movement Disorder
  • Phenotype
  • Periodicity
  • Parents
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Family