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- * The study investigated how structural language (basic grammar and vocabulary) and pragmatic language (social use of language) affected anxiety and externalizing behaviors in 159 young children with ASD.
- * Results showed that poorer pragmatic language skills were linked to higher anxiety and more externalizing behaviors, while better structural language skills were associated with increased anxiety, indicating a complex relationship between language abilities and psychological challenges in children with ASD.
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Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are at heightened risk for developing comorbid psychological disorders, including anxiety disorders, which may be further exacerbated by the presence of externalizing behaviors. Here, we examined how structural language and pragmatic language predicted anxiety and externalizing behaviors. Participants were 159 young children (4-7 years old) with ASD and their mothers. Utilizing structural equation modeling we examined associations among structural language, pragmatic language, anxiety symptoms, and externalizing behaviors. Pragmatic language, was inversely related to child anxiety and co-occurring externalizing behaviors. Structural language skills positively predicted child anxiety. These findings suggest that children with ASD may be at heightened risk for anxiety and externalizing disorders due to their pragmatic language deficits.
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