Inhibitory control in children with autism spectrum disorder

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Beverly J. Wilson, Ph.D.

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Completed quantitative research study

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Clinical Psychology

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Inhibitory control (IC) is a higher-order executive function involved in overriding a dominant response in order to produce a task-relevant behavior (Diamond, 2013). Very little is known about the IC profile of young children with ASD. We investigated the relation between child variables (ASD vs. typically developing or TD, chronological age, and sex) and IC in 159, 36- to 83-month-old children with TD (n = 102) and ASD (n = 57). Results from a multivariate regression analysis indicated that verbal ability, age, and sex predicted inhibitory control in young children. No differences were found between children with ASD and TD peers on IC. Further research is needed to better understand how inhibition develops in young children with ASD.

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This poster was also presented at International Society for Autism Research, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 2019

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Inhibitory control in children with autism spectrum disorder

Inhibitory control (IC) is a higher-order executive function involved in overriding a dominant response in order to produce a task-relevant behavior (Diamond, 2013). Very little is known about the IC profile of young children with ASD. We investigated the relation between child variables (ASD vs. typically developing or TD, chronological age, and sex) and IC in 159, 36- to 83-month-old children with TD (n = 102) and ASD (n = 57). Results from a multivariate regression analysis indicated that verbal ability, age, and sex predicted inhibitory control in young children. No differences were found between children with ASD and TD peers on IC. Further research is needed to better understand how inhibition develops in young children with ASD.

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