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dc.contributor.authorChetcuti, Lacey
dc.contributor.authorUljarević, Mirko
dc.contributor.authorVarcin, Kandice J
dc.contributor.authorBoutrus, Maryam
dc.contributor.authorPillar, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorDimov, Stefanie
dc.contributor.authorBarbaro, Josephine
dc.contributor.authorDissanayake, Cheryl
dc.contributor.authorGreen, Jonathan
dc.contributor.authorWan, Ming Wai
dc.contributor.authorSegal, Leonie
dc.contributor.authorSlonims, Vicky
dc.contributor.authorWhitehouse, Andrew JO
dc.contributor.authorHudry, Kristelle
dc.contributor.authorAICES Team
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-16T00:43:18Z
dc.date.available2021-07-16T00:43:18Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.issn2730-7166
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10802-021-00838-5
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/406030
dc.description.abstractChild temperament and caregiver psychological distress have been independently associated with social-emotional difficulties among individuals with autism. However, the interrelationship among these risk factors has rarely been investigated. We explored the reciprocal interplay between child temperament (surgency, negative affectivity, and self-regulation) and caregiver psychological distress in the development of child internalizing and externalizing symptoms, in a cohort of 103 infants showing early autism traits. Caregivers completed questionnaires when children were aged around 12-months (Time 1 [T1]), 18-months (Time 2 [T2]), and 24-months (Time 3 [T3]). Cross-lagged path models revealed a significant pathway from T1 caregiver psychological distress through lower T2 child self-regulation to subsequently greater T3 child internalizing symptoms. No such caregiver-driven pathway was evident through T2 child negative affectivity or in the prediction of T3 child externalizing symptoms. Further, no support was found for temperament-driven pathways through caregiver psychological distress to child social-emotional difficulties. Child surgency was mostly unrelated to caregiver psychological distress and social-emotional difficulties. These findings implicate the need to support the mental health of caregivers with an infant with autism traits in order to enhance the emotion regulation and social-emotional development of their infants.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC
dc.relation.ispartofjournalResearch on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive and computational psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5204
dc.subject.keywordsAutism
dc.subject.keywordsCaregiver psychological distress
dc.subject.keywordsExternalizing
dc.subject.keywordsInfants
dc.subject.keywordsInternalizing
dc.titleCaregiver Psychological Distress Predicts Temperament and Social-Emotional Outcomes in Infants with Autism Traits
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationChetcuti, L; Uljarević, M; Varcin, KJ; Boutrus, M; Pillar, S; Dimov, S; Barbaro, J; Dissanayake, C; Green, J; Wan, MW; Segal, L; Slonims, V; Whitehouse, AJO; Hudry, K; AICES Team, , Caregiver Psychological Distress Predicts Temperament and Social-Emotional Outcomes in Infants with Autism Traits, Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 2021
dcterms.dateAccepted2021-06-07
dc.date.updated2021-07-15T12:12:02Z
gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered in Griffith Research Online as an advanced online version.
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorVarcin, Kandice J.


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