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Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Psychology
2024. Vol. 14, no. 2, 305–319
doi:10.21638/spbu16.2024.207
ISSN: 2658-3607 / 2658-6010 (online)

Age-Related Changes in Autism Spectrum Disorder Symptoms among Children 3-9 Years Old

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E.A. Pakhomova, A.D. Nasledov, L.O. Tkacheva

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Abstract

The study focuses on examining of age-related changes in ASD symptoms among children 3-10 years old. Sample consisted of 70 children, of which 21 were children without ASD, but with autistic traits. 881 children from the previous studies were included. The following symptom groups were investigated: 1) “Communication impairments”, 2) “Emotional disturbances”; 3) “Sensory disintegration”; “Disinhibition”; 5) Overall symptoms. Assumptions of this study: 1) there are age-related differences in ASD symptoms among children aged 3-10 years. Results found that overall symptoms statistically significant decreased for ASD children, as well as communication impairments, emotional disturbances, sensory disintegration. Additionally, for children without ASD decreasing is not registered.

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Keywords: autism spectrum disorders, developmental disorders, age-related changes of autism, symptoms of autism, autism spectrum disorders diagnosis., autism spectrum disorders, developmental disorders, age-related changes of autism, symptoms of autism, autism spectrum disorders diagnosis

Journal rubric: Empirical and Experimental Research

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu16.2024.207

Funding. The study was supported by the grant of the Russian Science Foundation (RSF), project no. 23-18-00155 “Study of predictive indicators of autism spectrum disorders in preschool children”

For citation: Pakhomova E.A., Nasledov A.D., Tkacheva L.O. Age-Related Changes in Autism Spectrum Disorder Symptoms among Children 3-9 Years Old. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Psychology, 2024. Vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 305–319. DOI: 10.21638/spbu16.2024.207. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

Information About the Authors

Ekaterina A. Pakhomova, graduate student, Research Engineer, Faculty of Psychology, Saint Petersburg State University, St.Petersburg, Russia, e-mail: st096418@student.spbu.ru

A. D. Nasledov, PhD in Psychology, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Pedagogy and Pedagogical Psychology, Saint-Petersburg State University, St.Petersburg, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4687-3184, e-mail: andrey.nasledov@gmail.com

Lubov O. Tkacheva, Doctor of Psychology, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Pedagogy and Pedagogical Psychology, Saint-Petersburg State University, St.Petersburg, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9822-1914, e-mail: l.tkacheva@spbu.ru

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