Repetitive Behaviour in Children with High Functioning Autism and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
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Authors: | Fiona Zandt Margot Prior Michael Kyrios |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne, 3010 Melbourne, Australia;(2) Present address: Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia |
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Abstract: | Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and children with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) were compared on a range
of repetitive behaviours. Parents reported similar levels of sameness behaviour and repetitive movements in the clinical groups,
although children with OCD engaged in more repetitive behaviour focussed around routines and rituals. Children with OCD reported
more compulsions and obsessions than children with ASD; both groups reported more compulsions and obsessions than a typically
developing comparison group. Types of compulsions and obsessions tended to be less sophisticated in children with ASD than
those with OCD. Sameness behaviour was more prevalent in younger children with OCD, but for children with ASD, age was not
significantly related to sameness behaviour, repetitive movements, compulsions, or obsessions. |
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Keywords: | Autism Obsessive compulsive disorder Repetitive behaviours |
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