Associations of Age, Anxiety, Cognitive Functioning and Social Impairment with Aggression in Youth with Autism

Simple item page
dc.contributor.advisorPerry, Adrienne
dc.contributor.authorRinaldo, Ethan Jon
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-14T16:35:47Z
dc.date.available2022-12-14T16:35:47Z
dc.date.copyright2022-08-15
dc.date.issued2022-12-14
dc.date.updated2022-12-14T16:35:47Z
dc.degree.disciplinePsychology(Functional Area: Clinical-Developmental)
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractPrevious research has indicated that aggression in children with autism is associated with anxiety, cognitive functioning, age, and social functioning although most samples only include parent-report measures and participants without intellectual disability. The aim of this study was to clarify the relationships between these variables and aggression in youth with autism in a large, cognitively diverse sample, with parent- and teacher-report measures, and a wide age range. I found that age and intellectual disability presence/severity had small positive relationships with teacher-measured aggression while anxiety and social impairment severity had strong relationships with aggression when measured by parents and teachers. In a regression analysis anxiety and social communication problems had the strongest positive relationships with aggression while social motivation problems had a negative relationship with aggression. These results indicate the importance of anxiety and social problems, particularly in social communication and motivation, when studying and treating aggression in youth with autism.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/40720
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectDevelopmental psychology
dc.subjectClinical psychology
dc.subject.keywordsAutism
dc.subject.keywordsAggression
dc.subject.keywordsAnxiety
dc.subject.keywordsYouth
dc.subject.keywordsDevelopmental
dc.subject.keywordsCognitive Functioning
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Impairment
dc.subject.keywordsAge
dc.subject.keywordsDevelopmental Disability
dc.titleAssociations of Age, Anxiety, Cognitive Functioning and Social Impairment with Aggression in Youth with Autism
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Rinaldo_Ethan_J_2022_Masters.pdf
Size:
611.45 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.87 KB
Format:
Plain Text
Description:
Download
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
YorkU_ETDlicense.txt
Size:
3.39 KB
Format:
Plain Text
Description:
Download

Collections

Psychology (Functional Area: Clinical-Developmental)

All items in the YorkSpace institutional repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved except where explicitly noted.