Are restricted and repetitive behaviours in two- and six-year-olds associated with emotional and behavioural difficulties? - ACAMH

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Posted on 3 November 2023

‘Are restricted and repetitive behaviours in two- and six-year-olds associated with emotional and behavioural difficulties?’

Open Access paper from JCPP Advances

Restricted and repetitive patterns of behaviour (RRBs) serve an adaptive role in development. Elevated levels of RRBs beyond the early years, however, are associated with poorer outcome in language, cognition, and wellbeing, and are seen across a range of neurodevelopmental conditions. This study aimed to characterize the association of distinct RRB subtypes at two and six years of age, with internalising and externalising difficulties in a community sample of children.

Authors: Sarah J. Carrington, Mirko Uljarević, Elizabeth Meins, Charles Fernyhough, Helen McConachie, Ann Le Couteur, Susan R. Leekam

First published: 03 November 2023

https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12209

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