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How does restricted and repetitive behavior relate to language and cognition in typical development?

Larkin, F.; Meins, E.; Centifanti, Luna C. Muñoz; Fernyhough, C.; Leekam, S.

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Authors

F. Larkin

E. Meins

Luna C. Muñoz Centifanti

S. Leekam



Abstract

Relations between restricted and repetitive behavior at age 26 months and children's concurrent (N = 203) and later (n = 161) social cognition and language development were investigated. Restricted and repetitive behavior was assessed using two scales: sensory and motor repetitive behaviors and rigidity/routines/restricted interests. Language was assessed at ages 26 and 51 months; social cognition was assessed at ages 26 (symbolic play) and 51 and 61 months (theory of mind). Sensory and motor repetitive behavior was negatively related to children's (a) language performance at 26 and 51 months, (b) instructed symbolic play at 26 months, and (c) theory of mind performance at 51 and 61 months. Path analyses showed that children's sensory and motor repetitive behavior at age 26 months was related to lower receptive verbal ability and theory of mind at 51 months, which led to lower theory of mind at 61 months. Rigidity/routines/restricted interests at 26 months were unrelated to concurrent and later social cognition and language. These results are discussed in terms of the pathways via which sensory and motor repetitive behavior might impact negatively on development.

Citation

Larkin, F., Meins, E., Centifanti, L. C. M., Fernyhough, C., & Leekam, S. (2017). How does restricted and repetitive behavior relate to language and cognition in typical development?. Development and Psychopathology, 29(3), 863-874. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954579416000535

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 23, 2016
Online Publication Date Jul 15, 2016
Publication Date Aug 1, 2017
Deposit Date Jul 6, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Development and Psychopathology
Print ISSN 0954-5794
Electronic ISSN 1469-2198
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 29
Issue 3
Pages 863-874
DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954579416000535
Related Public URLs http://orca.cf.ac.uk/102908/

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This article has been published in a revised form in Development and Psychopathology https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579416000535. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. © Cambridge University Press 2016.





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