Behavioural and physiological response to frustration in autistic youth: associations with irritability.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Irritability is a common and impairing occurrence in autistic youth, yet the underlying mechanisms are not well-known. In typically developing populations, differences in frustration response have been suggested as important driver of the behavioural symptoms of irritability. Research exploring the role of frustration response as a risk factor for irritability in autistic populations is limited and often uses parent report or observer ratings; objective measures of frustration response appropriate for use in autistic populations are required to advance the field.

Methods

In the current study, fifty-two autistic adolescents aged 13-17 years from a population-based longitudinal study completed an experimental task designed to induce frustration through exposure to p

SUBMITTER: Carter Leno V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8287810 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature