Characterizing difficulties with emotion regulation in toddlers with autism spectrum disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Difficulties with emotion regulation (ER) underlie emotional/behavioral challenges and co-occurring psychiatric symptoms in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), yet very little is known about the early development of emotion dysregulation. The present study aimed to identify differences in positive and negative emotional reactivity and regulation strategies in toddlers with and without ASD.

Method

Nine tasks from the Laboratory Temperament Assessment Battery (Lab-TAB) were completed with 37 toddlers with and without ASD (22-28 months). Video-recordings of these tasks were coded by research assistants using a behavioral coding scheme tapping facial, bodily, and vocal affect and the frequency of ER strategies. Mixed model analyses were performed to examine the mea

SUBMITTER: Day TN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9928168 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature