Risk Factors for Self-injurious Behavior in an Inpatient Psychiatric Sample of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Naturalistic Observation Study.
| Author | |
|---|---|
| Abstract | 
   :  
              Limited information about self-injurious behavior (SIB) is known for children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) who require intensive behavioral health interventions. We examined risk-factors for SIB in 302 individuals with ASD (ages 4-20) admitted to six specialized psychiatric inpatient units. Seventy-four percent were reported by a caregiver to display SIB, however, only 25% were observed to engage in daily SIB during hospitalization. Those exhibiting SIB across environments had significantly higher ratings on caregiver questionnaires of SIB severity. Tree-structured classification was used to develop and validate two predictive models, one indicating which inpatient youth with ASD are likely to have SIB and a second indicating which individuals with SIB at home are likely to continue in an inpatient setting.  | 
        
| Year of Publication | 
   :  
              2018 
           | 
        
| Journal | 
   :  
              Journal of autism and developmental disorders 
           | 
        
| Date Published | 
   :  
              2018 
           | 
        
| ISSN Number | 
   :  
              0162-3257 
           | 
        
| URL | 
   :  
              https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-017-3460-2 
           | 
        
| DOI | 
   :  
              10.1007/s10803-017-3460-2 
           | 
        
| Short Title | 
   :  
              J Autism Dev Disord 
           | 
        
| Download citation |