State and Trait Anxiety of Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders. 2021

So Yoon Kim, and Young Ah Kim, and Da-Yea Song, and Guiyoung Bong, and Jong-Myeong Kim, and Joo Hyun Kim, and Hee Jeong Yoo
Department of Teacher Education, Duksung Women's University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

OBJECTIVE This study examined how state and trait anxiety of adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are associated with their demographic characteristics, repetitive and restricted behaviors (RRBs), and internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors. METHODS A total of 96 participants with ASD (mean age=14.30 years; 91 males) completed a battery of tests including the State/Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised, the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS), and a cognitive test measuring intelligence quotient (IQ). Participants' parents completed the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). Pearson's correlations among age, IQ, two subscales of the STAI (i.e., STAIS and STAIT, measuring self-reported state and trait anxiety, respectively), and the Anxiety subscale of CBCL (i.e., CBCL-Anxiety, measuring parent-reported trait anxiety) were computed. Subsequently, Pearson's correlations were computed among the three anxiety measures, RRBs, and problem behaviors, while controlling for participants' age and IQ. RESULTS The STAIS and CBCL-Anxiety were both significantly correlated with higher age, sensory sensitivity, depressive symptoms, somatic complaints, and aggressive behaviors. All three anxiety variables were significantly and positively correlated with total SRS RRB scores. Additionally, the STAIS and STAIT were significantly associated with more severe Compulsion/Adherence behaviors, and the CBCL-Anxiety was also significantly associated with more severe Rule-breaking Behaviors. CONCLUSIONS Self-reported state anxiety showed association patterns similar to those of parent-reported trait anxiety. Future studies investigating the precise operationalization of different anxiety instruments are needed to accurately measure the anxiety of adolescents with ASD.

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