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Prevalence of Asperger Syndrome symptomatology and associated variables in Spanish preschoolers [Prevalencia de la sintomatología del Síndrome de Asperger y variables asociadas en preescolares Españoles]

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    Autores:
    Jiménez EAABallabriga MCJMartin ABCanals JViñas FDoménech-Llaberia E
    Resumen:
    Asperger's Syndrome (AS) forms part of the whole spectrum of autistic disorders. Until recently it has not been studied in early ages. The aim of this study is to determine the AS's prevalence of symptoms in general preschool, rural and urban population. In addition, the association of the development areas and symptoms of anxiety and the presence of symptoms of AS was analized. The sample of this study consisted in 1104 preschool children between 3-6 years old. The presence of AS's symptoms was evaluated by a screening tool for psychiatric disorders. This tool was applied to both, preschooler's parents and their teachers. The prevalence of symptoms of AS for parents and teachers was 11.7%o and 8.1%o, respectively. The presence of AS's symptoms was associated with language compression delays, general and fine motor coordination, self-help skills and impairment in game activities. In addition, our results showed that the AS has a strong association with specific phobia symptoms and tics. We conclude that an early detection of AS's symptoms is possible since we found similar prevalence described in other recent researches. Given the impairment associated with AS, its detection is highly recommended.
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    Autor según el artículo: Jiménez EAA; Ballabriga MCJ; Martin AB; Canals J; Viñas F; Doménech-Llaberia E
    Departamento: Psicologia
    Autor/es de la URV: Canals Sans, Josefa
    Palabras clave: Psychiatric symptoms Preschool students Epidemiology Diagnosis Asperger's syndrome
    Resumen: Asperger's Syndrome (AS) forms part of the whole spectrum of autistic disorders. Until recently it has not been studied in early ages. The aim of this study is to determine the AS's prevalence of symptoms in general preschool, rural and urban population. In addition, the association of the development areas and symptoms of anxiety and the presence of symptoms of AS was analized. The sample of this study consisted in 1104 preschool children between 3-6 years old. The presence of AS's symptoms was evaluated by a screening tool for psychiatric disorders. This tool was applied to both, preschooler's parents and their teachers. The prevalence of symptoms of AS for parents and teachers was 11.7%o and 8.1%o, respectively. The presence of AS's symptoms was associated with language compression delays, general and fine motor coordination, self-help skills and impairment in game activities. In addition, our results showed that the AS has a strong association with specific phobia symptoms and tics. We conclude that an early detection of AS's symptoms is possible since we found similar prevalence described in other recent researches. Given the impairment associated with AS, its detection is highly recommended.
    Áreas temáticas: Sociología Social sciences (miscellaneous) Psychology, multidisciplinary Psychology (miscellaneous) Psychology (all) Psychology Psicología Medicina ii Interdisciplinar General psychology Ensino Educação física Educação Ciencias sociales
    Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Direcció de correo del autor: josefa.canals@urv.cat
    Identificador del autor: 0000-0002-6209-9558
    Fecha de alta del registro: 2023-02-19
    Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Enlace a la fuente original: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=4015627
    Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Revista Latinoamericana De Psicologia. 44 (2): 67-74
    Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Jiménez EAA; Ballabriga MCJ; Martin AB; Canals J; Viñas F; Doménech-Llaberia E (2012). Prevalence of Asperger Syndrome symptomatology and associated variables in Spanish preschoolers [Prevalencia de la sintomatología del Síndrome de Asperger y variables asociadas en preescolares Españoles]. Revista Latinoamericana De Psicologia, 44(2), 67-74
    URL Documento de licencia: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Año de publicación de la revista: 2012
    Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications
  • Palabras clave:

    Psychology,Psychology (Miscellaneous),Psychology, Multidisciplinary,Social Sciences (Miscellaneous)
    Psychiatric symptoms
    Preschool students
    Epidemiology
    Diagnosis
    Asperger's syndrome
    Sociología
    Social sciences (miscellaneous)
    Psychology, multidisciplinary
    Psychology (miscellaneous)
    Psychology (all)
    Psychology
    Psicología
    Medicina ii
    Interdisciplinar
    General psychology
    Ensino
    Educação física
    Educação
    Ciencias sociales
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