Problem behavior in boys with fragile X syndrome.

Full Abstract

This study examines problem behavior over time in 59 boys with fragile X syndrome (FXS), aged 4-12 years, using the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). Approximately 49% of the boys scored within the borderline or clinical range on total problem behavior, while 56-57% scored in the borderline or clinical range on the attention and thought problems subscales, and 26% scored in this range on the social problems subscale. With a mean of 2.5 assessments per child, behavior problems were stable during the 3-year period of study. Total problem behavior was higher for children who displayed autistic behavior, were rated as low in adaptability, had mothers with higher maternal education levels, and were on medication. Mothers with more education also rated their children as having more attention, thought, and total problems. Children taking medication differed from boys who were not taking medication on social problems, but not on attention and thought problems. Low adaptability and more autistic characteristics predicted thought problems.Copyright 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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Author information

Author/s: Hatton, Deborah D (DD); Hooper, Stephen R (SR); Bailey, Donald B (DB); Skinner, Martie L (ML); Sullivan, Kelly M (KM); Wheeler, Anne (A);

Affiliation: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-8180, USA. hatton(-atsign-)mail.fpg.unc.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Review

Journal: American journal of medical genetics (Am J Med Genet), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Mar; vol 108 (issue 2) : pp 105-16

Dates: Created 2002/02/21; Completed 2002/04/03; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 11857559, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

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Adaptation, Psychological
Attention
Autistic Disorder
Child
Child Behavior Disorders - genetics; psychology
Child, Preschool

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