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Early negative affect predicts anxiety, not autism, in preschool boys with fragile X syndrome.
Journal of abnormal child psychology - 1 Feb 2013
Tonnsen Bridgette L, Malone Patrick S, Hatton Deborah D, Roberts Jane E
Abstract excerpt
Children with fragile X syndrome (FXS) face high risk for anxiety disorders, yet no studies have explored FXS as a high-risk sample for investigating early manifestations of anxiety outcomes. Negative affect is one of the most salient predictors of problem behaviors and has been associated with both anxiety and autistic outcomes in clinical and non-clinical pediatric samples. In light of the high comorbidity...
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