Anxiety and intellectual functioning in autistic children: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

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Autistic children often experience higher levels of anxiety than their peers. It can be difficult to diagnose and treat anxiety disorders in autistic children, in part because of the high degree of variability in their underlying abilities and presentations. Some evidence suggests that autistic children with higher intelligence (as measured by intelligence quotient) experience higher levels of anxiety than autistic children with lower intelligence. However, the evidence is inconsistent, with other papers not finding a difference or finding higher levels of anxiety in autistic children with lower intelligence. In this article, we review existing literature to see whether autistic children with higher intelligence quotients have higher anxiety than autistic children with

SUBMITTER: Mingins JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8162138 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature