Comparing Emotional Development in Persons With Intellectual Disability With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intellectual disability (ID) often co-occurs with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). To better understand the needs of persons with ID/ASD, level of emotional development (ED) can be determined with the Scale of Emotional Development-Short (SED-S). This preregistered study examined differences in ED by comparing total, domain, and item scores between people with ID/ASD and people with ID.

Methods

One hundred seventy-four participants with ID/ASD were matched to 174 participants with ID only. Informants reported on the SED-S, which includes 200 yes-no items grouped into eight domains, with each domain including five stages of ED.

Results

The ID/ASD group showed lower total scores (M = 2.19, SD = 0.97) compared with the ID group (M = 2.86, SD = 1.11). They also

SUBMITTER: Hermann H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12576381 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature