Academic Journal
Co-occurring Conditions and Quality of Life in Autistic Children Attending General Education or Special Education Schools.
| Τίτλος: | Co-occurring Conditions and Quality of Life in Autistic Children Attending General Education or Special Education Schools. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | van den Helder C; Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Amsterdam Public Health, Van Der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. g.e.m.van.den.helder@vu.nl., Plak R; Institute of Education and Child Studies, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands., Begeer S; Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Amsterdam Public Health, Van Der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands., Meeter M; LEARN! Research Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. |
| Πηγή: | Journal of autism and developmental disorders [J Autism Dev Disord] 2026 Oct; Vol. 56 (10), pp. 3988-4000. Date of Electronic Publication: 2025 May 07. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Springer Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 7904301 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1573-3432 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 01623257 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Autism Dev Disord Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: <2006- >: New York, NY : Springer Original Publication: New York, Plenum Press. |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Education, Special*/statistics & numerical data , Quality of Life*/psychology , Schools*/statistics & numerical data , Autistic Disorder*/psychology , Autistic Disorder*/epidemiology , Autism Spectrum Disorder*/epidemiology , Autism Spectrum Disorder*/psychology, Netherlands/epidemiology ; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity/epidemiology ; Humans ; Male ; Child ; Female ; Child, Preschool ; Adolescent ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Comorbidity |
| Περίληψη: | A majority of children with autism is diagnosed with one or more co-occurring mental health conditions. We aimed to explore how co-occurring conditions and Quality of Life differ between school types (general education vs. special education schools), and whether co-occurring conditions were subject to the same trends over time for the two school types. Secondary, we aimed to analyze associations with child characteristics. Repeated cross- sectional data from 2013 to 2022 on children with autism (N = 1534,aged 5-15 years) in the Netherlands were used. Across school types, we showed a decrease in externalizing and language-learning conditions over time. Language-learning conditions became more concentrated in special education schools. Hyperactivity-inattention difficulties remained stable, emotional difficulties decreased and behavioral difficulties increased. Compared to those in general education, children in special education schools faced more behavioral and hyperactivity-inattention challenges. School type, duration of the study, externalizing, internalizing and language-learning conditions were all unrelated to QoL. Autistic girls experienced more behavioral difficulties compared to boys with autism. In conclusion, children with autism in special education schools experience similar QoL, but have more (severe) co-occurring conditions than those attending general education. (© 2025. The Author(s).) |
| Competing Interests: | Declarations. Conflict of interest: Chantal van den Helder declares that she has no conflict of interest; Rachel Plak declares that she has no conflict of interest; Martijn Meeter declares that he has no conflict of interest; Sander Begeer declares that he has no conflict of interest. The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Ethical Approval: The Scientific and Ethical Review Board of the Department of Clinical, Neuro- & Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, granted ethical clearance (reference number (VCWE 2020-041R1). Consent to Participate/Consent for Publication: All procedures performed in this study involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee. Personal data was processed based on informed consent using digital consent. |
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| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Autism; Children; Co-occurring conditions; Education; Quality of life |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20250507 Date Completed: 20260902 Latest Revision: 20260905 |
| Update Code: | 20260905 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC13538233 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10803-025-06839-3 |
| PMID: | 40332657 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1573-3432 |
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| DOI: | 10.1007/s10803-025-06839-3 |