Abstract
Anxiety disorders are heightened in specific genetic syndromes in comparison to intellectual disability of heterogeneous aetiology. In this study, we described and contrasted anxiety symptomatology in fragile X (FXS), Cornelia de Lange (CdLS) and Rubinstein–Taybi syndromes (RTS), and compared the symptomatology to normative data for typically-developing children and children diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. Scores did not differ between children diagnosed with an anxiety disorder and (a) participants with FXS on social phobia, panic/agoraphobia, physical injury fears, and obsessive–compulsive subscales (b) participants with CdLS on separation anxiety, generalized anxiety, panic/agoraphobia, physical injury fears and obsessive–compulsive subscales, and (c) participants with RTS on panic/agoraphobia and obsessive–compulsive subscales. The results highlight divergent profiles of anxiety symptomatology between these groups.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3728–3740 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders |
Volume | 47 |
Issue number | 12 |
Early online date | 31 Jan 2017 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2017 |
Keywords
- Anxiety
- Cornelia de Lange syndrome
- Fragile X syndrome
- Genetic syndromes
- Intellectual disability
- Rubinstein–Taybi syndrome
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Developmental and Educational Psychology