EMOTIONAL AND SOCIO-COMMUNICATIVE DOMAINS IN DEVELOPMENT

Grant number: DE180100632 | Funding period: 2019 - 2021

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This project aims to test whether Research Domain Criteria are effective in predicting developmental outcomes, for example educational attainment, social participation, and mental health, across both general and clinical populations. Using a large prospective community sample of children, adolescents and adults, and large cross-sectional sample of individuals with autism, this research will provide the first exploration of how these candidate dimensions, both directly and indirectly, accurately predict long-term outcomes across both normative and atypical development. The findings will contribute to new understanding of typical and atypical development and have immediate potential to impact ..

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Toward better characterization of restricted and repetitive behaviors in individuals with germline heterozygous PTEN mutations

Mirko Uljarevic, Thomas W Frazier, Gaelle Rached, Robyn M Busch, Patricia Klaas, Siddharth Srivastava, Julian A Martinez-Agosto, Mustafa Sahin, Charis Eng, Antonio Y Hardan

2021-08-23

This study aimed to further our understanding of restricted and repetitive behaviors (RRB) among individuals with germline pathoge..

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Investigating associations between birth order and autism diagnostic phenotypes

Gail A Alvares, Melissa K Licari, Paul G Stevenson, Keely Bebbington, Matthew N Cooper, Emma J Glasson, Diana W Tan, Mirko Uljarevic, Kandice J Varcin, John Wray, Andrew JO Whitehouse

2020-11-08

BACKGROUND: Birth order effects have been linked to variability in intelligence, educational attainment and sexual orientation. Fi..

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Predicting Mental Health and Psychological Wellbeing in Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Roles of Intolerance of Uncertainty and Coping.

Ru Ying Cai, Mirko Uljarević, Susan R Leekam

2020-10-01

Research has consistently shown that parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are more likely to report chronic str..

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Subgroups of Temperament Associated withSocial-EmotionalDifficulties in Infants with Early Signs of Autism

Lacey Chetcuti, Mirko Uljarevic, Kandice J Varcin, Maryam Boutrus, Ming Wai Wan, Jonathan Green, Teresa Iacono, Cheryl Dissanayake, Andrew JO Whitehouse, Kristelle Hudry

2020-09-14

Links between temperament and social-emotional difficulties are well-established in normative child development but remain poorly ..

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Dissecting the phenotypic heterogeneity in sensory features in autism spectrum disorder: a factor mixture modelling approach.

J Tillmann, M Uljarevic, D Crawley, G Dumas, E Loth, D Murphy, J Buitelaar, T Charman, null AIMS-2-TRIALS LEAP group

2020-08-31

BACKGROUND: Heterogeneity in the phenotypic presentation of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is apparent in the profile and the seve..

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The Role of Negative Affectivity in Concurrent Relations Between Caregiver Psychological Distress and Social-Emotional Difficulties in Infants With Early Signs of Autism

Lacey Chetcuti, Mirko Uljarevi, Kandice J Varcin, Maryam Boutrus, Ming Wai Wan, Vicky Slonims, Jonathan Green, Leonie Segal, Teresa Iacono, Cheryl Dissanayake, Andrew JO Whitehouse, Kristelle Hudry

2020-08-01

Recent evidence suggests the link between caregiver psychological distress and offspring social‐emotional difficulties may be acco..

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Deconstructing the repetitive behaviour phenotype in autism spectrum disorder through a large population-based analysis

Mirko Uljarevic, Matthew N Cooper, Keely Bebbington, Emma J Glasson, Murray T Maybery, Kandice Varcin, Gail A Alvares, John Wray, Susan R Leekam, Andrew JO Whitehouse

2020-02-10

OBJECTIVE: Restricted and repetitive pattern of behaviours and interests (RRB) are a cardinal feature of autism spectrum disorder ..

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Interrelationship Between Cognitive Control, Anxiety, and Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors in Children with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome.

Mirko Uljarević, Kathryn L McCabe, Kathleen Angkustsiri, Tony J Simon, Antonio Y Hardan

2019-12-01

Restricted and repetitive behaviors (RRB) are common in individuals with 22q11.2 microdeletion syndrome (22q11.2DS), yet the under..

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