Precursors to the Development of Anxiety Disorders in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Abstract
Anxiety disorders are extremely common among individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).The presence of an anxiety disorder negatively affects family functioning, friendship development, and school functioning. Our long term goal is to be able to identify children with ASD who are at risk for anxiety as early as possible so that early intervention can address not only ASD symptoms, but also target specific symptoms that put a child with ASD at risk for developing an anxiety disorder. During the first year of funding, we have received regulatory approval for our study at Duke University, the University of North Carolina ChapelHill, and the DOD HRPO. We have hired study personnel, as well as set-up, calibrated, and piloted our experimental measures. Furthermore, we developed a study database, launched study recruitment, and begun data collection. Finally, we have successfully competed for additional grant funding (NARSAD Young Investigator Award; PI: Carpenter) to extend the scope of the current study to include children 40 without ASD.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2015
- Accession Number
- AD1003017
Entities
People
- Geraldine Dawson
- Grace Baranek
- Helen Egger
- Kimberly Carpenter
Organizations
- Duke University