Age Related Differences of Executive Functioning Problems in Everyday Life of Children and Adolescents in the Autism Spectrum

van den Bergh, Sanne F. W. M.; Scheeren, Anke M.; Begeer, Sander; Koot, Hans M.; Geurts, Hilde M.

doi:10.1007/s10803-014-2071-4

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Age Related Differences of Executive Functioning Problems in Everyday Life of Children and Adolescents in the Autism Spectrum

van den Bergh, Sanne F. W. M., Scheeren, Anke M., Begeer, Sander, Koot, Hans M., Geurts, Hilde M.·2014·Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

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Numerous studies investigated executive functioning (EF) problems in people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) using laboratory EF tasks. As laboratory task performances often differ from real life observations, the current study focused on EF in everyday life of 118 children and adolescents with ASD (6-18 years). We investigated age-related and individual differences in EF problems as reported by parents on the Behavioral Rating Inventory Executive Functions (BRIEF: Gioia et al. in Behavior rating inventory of executive function. Psychological Assessment Resources, Odesse 2000), and examined the association with autism severity. Inhibition problems were mostly found in the youngest group (6- to 8-year-olds), whereas problems with planning where more evident for 12- to 14-year-olds as compared to 9- to 11-year-olds. In a subsample of participants meeting the ADOS ASD cut-off criteria the age related differences in planning were absent, while problems with cognitive flexibility were less apparent in 15- to 18-year-olds, compared to 9- to 11-, and 12- to 14-year olds. EF problems surpassing the clinical cutoff were only observed in 20% (planning) to 51% (cognitive flexibility) of the children and adolescents, and no relation was found with ASD symptom severity. This underlines the heterogeneous nature of ASD.

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Authors: van den Bergh, S. F. W. M., Scheeren, A. M., Begeer, S., Koot, H. M., & Geurts, H. M.
Affiliations: Amsterdam Public Health (NL)
The University of Sydney (AU)
University of Amsterdam (NL)
Corresponding author: Geurts, Hilde M.
ORCID: Scheeren, Anke M.
Begeer, Sander
Koot, Hans M.
Geurts, Hilde M.
Venue: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2014-02-23
Volume: 44
Issue: 8
Pages: 1959-1971
ISSN: 0162-3257 (ISSN-L)
1573-3432
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-014-2071-4
OpenAlex: W2099944891
Cited by: 110
References: 82
Citations by year: 2026: 8 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 1
FWCI: 4.46
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (publishedVersion)
VU Research Portal (publishedVersion)
Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
Keywords: executive function, autism spectrum disorder, age differences, inhibition, planning, cognitive flexibility, autism severity, children and adolescents, BRIEF, parent report
MeSH terms: Activities of Daily Living, Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Child, Child Development Disorders, Pervasive, Cognition, Female, Humans, Inhibition, Psychological, Male, Neuropsychological Tests, Task Performance and Analysis, Executive Function

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