Expanding Research on Contextual Factors in Autism Research: What Took Us So Long? / Teresa BENNETT ; Leann Smith DAWALT ; Maureen S. DURKIN ; Gordon FORBES ; Patricia HOWLIN ; Catherine LORD ; Anat ZAIDMAN-ZAIT ; Lonnie ZWAIGENBAUM ; Vanessa BAL ; Somer BISHOP ; Chung-Hsin CHIANG ; Adriana DIMARTINO ; Christine M. FREITAG ; Stelios GEORGIADES ; Matthew HOLLOCKS ; Meng-Chuan LAI ; Matthew J. MAENNER ; Patrick S. POWELL ; Julie Lounds TAYLOR ; Alycia HALLADAY in Autism Research, 18-4 (April 2025)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism Research > 18-4 (April 2025) . - p.710-716 Titre : Expanding Research on Contextual Factors in Autism Research: What Took Us So Long? Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Teresa BENNETT, Auteur ; Leann Smith DAWALT, Auteur ; Maureen S. DURKIN, Auteur ; Gordon FORBES, Auteur ; Patricia HOWLIN, Auteur ; Catherine LORD, Auteur ; Anat ZAIDMAN-ZAIT, Auteur ; Lonnie ZWAIGENBAUM, Auteur ; Vanessa BAL, Auteur ; Somer BISHOP, Auteur ; Chung-Hsin CHIANG, Auteur ; Adriana DIMARTINO, Auteur ; Christine M. FREITAG, Auteur ; Stelios GEORGIADES, Auteur ; Matthew HOLLOCKS, Auteur ; Meng-Chuan LAI, Auteur ; Matthew J. MAENNER, Auteur ; Patrick S. POWELL, Auteur ; Julie Lounds TAYLOR, Auteur ; Alycia HALLADAY, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.710-716 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : autism  behavior  contextual  longitudinal  outcomes  research Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : ABSTRACT Although autism is a childhood-onset neurodevelopmental disorder, its features change across the life course due to a combination of individual and contextual influences. However, the influence of contextual factors on development during childhood and beyond is less frequently studied than individual factors such as genetic variants that increase autism risk, IQ, language, and autistic features. Potentially important contexts include the family environment and socioeconomic status, social networks, school, work, services, neighborhood characteristics, environmental events, and sociocultural factors. Here, we articulate the benefit of studying contextual factors, and we offer selected examples of published longitudinal autism studies that have focused on how individuals develop within context. Expanding the autism research agenda to include the broader context in which autism emerges and changes across the life course can enhance understanding of how contexts influence the heterogeneity of autism, support strengths and resilience, or amplify disabilities. We describe challenges and opportunities for future research on contextual influences and provide a list of digital resources that can be integrated into autism data sets. It is important to conceptualize contextual influences on autism development as main exposures, not only as descriptive variables or factors needing statistical control. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.3312 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=554 [article] Expanding Research on Contextual Factors in Autism Research: What Took Us So Long? [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Teresa BENNETT, Auteur ; Leann Smith DAWALT, Auteur ; Maureen S. DURKIN, Auteur ; Gordon FORBES, Auteur ; Patricia HOWLIN, Auteur ; Catherine LORD, Auteur ; Anat ZAIDMAN-ZAIT, Auteur ; Lonnie ZWAIGENBAUM, Auteur ; Vanessa BAL, Auteur ; Somer BISHOP, Auteur ; Chung-Hsin CHIANG, Auteur ; Adriana DIMARTINO, Auteur ; Christine M. FREITAG, Auteur ; Stelios GEORGIADES, Auteur ; Matthew HOLLOCKS, Auteur ; Meng-Chuan LAI, Auteur ; Matthew J. MAENNER, Auteur ; Patrick S. POWELL, Auteur ; Julie Lounds TAYLOR, Auteur ; Alycia HALLADAY, Auteur . - p.710-716. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism Research > 18-4 (April 2025) . - p.710-716 Mots-clés : autism  behavior  contextual  longitudinal  outcomes  research Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : ABSTRACT Although autism is a childhood-onset neurodevelopmental disorder, its features change across the life course due to a combination of individual and contextual influences. However, the influence of contextual factors on development during childhood and beyond is less frequently studied than individual factors such as genetic variants that increase autism risk, IQ, language, and autistic features. Potentially important contexts include the family environment and socioeconomic status, social networks, school, work, services, neighborhood characteristics, environmental events, and sociocultural factors. Here, we articulate the benefit of studying contextual factors, and we offer selected examples of published longitudinal autism studies that have focused on how individuals develop within context. Expanding the autism research agenda to include the broader context in which autism emerges and changes across the life course can enhance understanding of how contexts influence the heterogeneity of autism, support strengths and resilience, or amplify disabilities. We describe challenges and opportunities for future research on contextual influences and provide a list of digital resources that can be integrated into autism data sets. It is important to conceptualize contextual influences on autism development as main exposures, not only as descriptive variables or factors needing statistical control. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.3312 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=554

Improving parents' ability to advocate for services for youth with autism: A randomized clinical trial / Julie Lounds TAYLOR in Autism Research, 16-10 (October 2023)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism Research > 16-10 (October 2023) . - p.1976-1988 Titre : Improving parents' ability to advocate for services for youth with autism: A randomized clinical trial Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Julie Lounds TAYLOR, Auteur ; Leann Smith DAWALT, Auteur ; Meghan M. BURKE, Auteur ; James C. SLAUGHTER, Auteur ; Meng XU, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.1976-1988 Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Abstract Youth with autism face challenges accessing services as they transition to adulthood. Improving parents' ability to advocate for services on behalf of their youth may be an effective way to improve service access and ultimately transition outcomes in this group. In this study, we tested whether participating in an advocacy intervention improved parents' ability to advocate for services for their transition-aged youth with autism. One hundred and eighty-five parents of youth with autism ages 16-26, recruited across three states in the U.S., were randomized to one of two experimental conditions. The treatment condition received the ASSIST program, a 12-week (24-h) group-based intervention. The control condition received the same written materials as the treatment condition. Primary outcomes for this report-parent advocacy ability-were collected at baseline (prior to randomization) and post-test (immediately after the treatment group finished the 12-week program) by survey. After taking ASSIST, the treatment condition had greater gains than controls in knowledge of adult services (B?=??1.62, CI?=??2.33 to ?0.90) and perceived advocacy skills (B?=??0.19, CI?=??0.33 to ?0.04). Participants who had less knowledge, lower perceived advocacy skills, and less active coping styles at baseline had the greatest treatment gains. Findings suggest that ASSIST is effective in improving parent advocacy ability and may be most beneficial for parents who experience greater challenges advocating for their son/daughter with autism. Future research will examine whether gains in parent advocacy ability leads to improvements in service access and post-school outcomes for transition-age youth with autism. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.3001 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=513 [article] Improving parents' ability to advocate for services for youth with autism: A randomized clinical trial [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Julie Lounds TAYLOR, Auteur ; Leann Smith DAWALT, Auteur ; Meghan M. BURKE, Auteur ; James C. SLAUGHTER, Auteur ; Meng XU, Auteur . - p.1976-1988. in Autism Research > 16-10 (October 2023) . - p.1976-1988 Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Abstract Youth with autism face challenges accessing services as they transition to adulthood. Improving parents' ability to advocate for services on behalf of their youth may be an effective way to improve service access and ultimately transition outcomes in this group. In this study, we tested whether participating in an advocacy intervention improved parents' ability to advocate for services for their transition-aged youth with autism. One hundred and eighty-five parents of youth with autism ages 16-26, recruited across three states in the U.S., were randomized to one of two experimental conditions. The treatment condition received the ASSIST program, a 12-week (24-h) group-based intervention. The control condition received the same written materials as the treatment condition. Primary outcomes for this report-parent advocacy ability-were collected at baseline (prior to randomization) and post-test (immediately after the treatment group finished the 12-week program) by survey. After taking ASSIST, the treatment condition had greater gains than controls in knowledge of adult services (B?=??1.62, CI?=??2.33 to ?0.90) and perceived advocacy skills (B?=??0.19, CI?=??0.33 to ?0.04). Participants who had less knowledge, lower perceived advocacy skills, and less active coping styles at baseline had the greatest treatment gains. Findings suggest that ASSIST is effective in improving parent advocacy ability and may be most beneficial for parents who experience greater challenges advocating for their son/daughter with autism. Future research will examine whether gains in parent advocacy ability leads to improvements in service access and post-school outcomes for transition-age youth with autism. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.3001 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=513

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