The impact of internalizing symptoms on autistic traits in adolescents with restrictive anorexia nervosa

Sara Calderoni,1,* Pamela Fantozzi,1,* Giulia Balboni,2 Veronica Pagni,1 Emilio Franzoni,3 Fabio Apicella,1 Antonio Narzisi,1 Sandra Maestro,1 Filippo Muratori1,4 1IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation, 2Department of Surgery, Medical, Molecular and Critical Area Pathology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy...

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Autores principales:	Calderoni S, Fantozzi P, Balboni G, Pagni V, Franzoni E, Apicella F, Narzisi A, Maestro S, Muratori F
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7656ed5c581c4b77bff7e509f0c35a0b2021-12-02T02:09:24ZThe impact of internalizing symptoms on autistic traits in adolescents with restrictive anorexia nervosa1178-2021https://doaj.org/article/7656ed5c581c4b77bff7e509f0c35a0b2015-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.dovepress.com/the-impact-of-internalizing-symptoms-on-autistic-traits-in-adolescents-peer-reviewed-article-NDThttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-2021 Sara Calderoni,1,* Pamela Fantozzi,1,* Giulia Balboni,2 Veronica Pagni,1 Emilio Franzoni,3 Fabio Apicella,1 Antonio Narzisi,1 Sandra Maestro,1 Filippo Muratori1,4 1IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation, 2Department of Surgery, Medical, Molecular and Critical Area Pathology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; 3Child Neuropsychiatric Unit, Women, Children and Adolescents Health Department, University Hospital S Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy; 4Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy *These authors contributed equally to this work Background: Although previous studies indicated a positive association between restrictive anorexia-nervosa (AN-R) and autistic traits, the potential interference of psychiatric internalizing comorbidity on this association is not yet fully investigated.Materials and methods: The aim of this study was to explore autistic traits and internalizing psychopathology in adolescents (age range: 11.7–17.2 years) with AN-R. Twenty-five patients referred to two tertiary-care hospitals were compared to a large control group (N=170) with no differences in age and sex. AN-R patients and controls filled out instruments assessing autistic traits (autism spectrum quotient [AQ]), psychopathology (youth self-report [YSR] 11–18), and eating patterns (eating attitude test [EAT]). In order to disentangle the possible mediating role of internalizing symptoms on autistic traits, two separate control groups (called True and False healthy control, both composed of 25 eating-problem-free participants) were derived from the whole control group on the basis of the presence or absence of internalizing problems in the YSR.Results: AN-R patients scored significantly higher on AQ compared to the whole control group and to controls without internalizing problems (True HC), but these differences disappeared when only controls with internalizing problems (False HC) were considered.Conclusion: Autistic traits in AN-R individuals may have been overestimated and may partly be due to comorbid internalizing symptoms in investigated patients. Keywords: anorexia nervosa-restricting type, youth self-report, evolutive age, autism spectrum quotientCalderoni SFantozzi PBalboni GPagni VFranzoni EApicella FNarzisi AMaestro SMuratori FDove Medical PressarticleNeurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatryRC321-571Neurology. Diseases of the nervous systemRC346-429ENNeuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, Vol 2015, Iss default, Pp 75-85 (2015)
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spellingShingle	Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RC321-571 Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system RC346-429 Calderoni S Fantozzi P Balboni G Pagni V Franzoni E Apicella F Narzisi A Maestro S Muratori F The impact of internalizing symptoms on autistic traits in adolescents with restrictive anorexia nervosa
description	Sara Calderoni,1,* Pamela Fantozzi,1,* Giulia Balboni,2 Veronica Pagni,1 Emilio Franzoni,3 Fabio Apicella,1 Antonio Narzisi,1 Sandra Maestro,1 Filippo Muratori1,4 1IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation, 2Department of Surgery, Medical, Molecular and Critical Area Pathology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; 3Child Neuropsychiatric Unit, Women, Children and Adolescents Health Department, University Hospital S Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy; 4Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy *These authors contributed equally to this work Background: Although previous studies indicated a positive association between restrictive anorexia-nervosa (AN-R) and autistic traits, the potential interference of psychiatric internalizing comorbidity on this association is not yet fully investigated.Materials and methods: The aim of this study was to explore autistic traits and internalizing psychopathology in adolescents (age range: 11.7–17.2 years) with AN-R. Twenty-five patients referred to two tertiary-care hospitals were compared to a large control group (N=170) with no differences in age and sex. AN-R patients and controls filled out instruments assessing autistic traits (autism spectrum quotient [AQ]), psychopathology (youth self-report [YSR] 11–18), and eating patterns (eating attitude test [EAT]). In order to disentangle the possible mediating role of internalizing symptoms on autistic traits, two separate control groups (called True and False healthy control, both composed of 25 eating-problem-free participants) were derived from the whole control group on the basis of the presence or absence of internalizing problems in the YSR.Results: AN-R patients scored significantly higher on AQ compared to the whole control group and to controls without internalizing problems (True HC), but these differences disappeared when only controls with internalizing problems (False HC) were considered.Conclusion: Autistic traits in AN-R individuals may have been overestimated and may partly be due to comorbid internalizing symptoms in investigated patients. Keywords: anorexia nervosa-restricting type, youth self-report, evolutive age, autism spectrum quotient
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author	Calderoni S Fantozzi P Balboni G Pagni V Franzoni E Apicella F Narzisi A Maestro S Muratori F
author_facet	Calderoni S Fantozzi P Balboni G Pagni V Franzoni E Apicella F Narzisi A Maestro S Muratori F
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title	The impact of internalizing symptoms on autistic traits in adolescents with restrictive anorexia nervosa
title_short	The impact of internalizing symptoms on autistic traits in adolescents with restrictive anorexia nervosa
title_full	The impact of internalizing symptoms on autistic traits in adolescents with restrictive anorexia nervosa
title_fullStr	The impact of internalizing symptoms on autistic traits in adolescents with restrictive anorexia nervosa
title_full_unstemmed	The impact of internalizing symptoms on autistic traits in adolescents with restrictive anorexia nervosa
title_sort	impact of internalizing symptoms on autistic traits in adolescents with restrictive anorexia nervosa
publisher	Dove Medical Press
publishDate	2015
url	https://doaj.org/article/7656ed5c581c4b77bff7e509f0c35a0b
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The impact of internalizing symptoms on autistic traits in adolescents with restrictive anorexia nervosa

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