@article{ref1,
title="Health-related risky behaviors in adolescents with high functioning autism",
journal="Chinese Journal of Practical Pediatrics",
year="2019",
author="Gao, Zi-lin and Liu, Jing and Li, Xue",
volume="",
number="12",
pages="284-289",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To investigate the characteristics of health-related risky behaviors in adolescents with High Functioning Autism(HFA). <br><br>METHODS: Fifty adolescents aged 12-18 years,IQ≥70 and meeting the criteria of autistic disorder in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,Fourth Edition(DSM-Ⅳ),and 50 age-and gendermatched healthy controls were recruited. The health-related risky behaviors of all subjects were assessed with the Adolescents Health-related Risky Behavior Inventory(AHRBI). The parents of autistic subjects completed the Adolescents Health-related Risky Behavior Inventory for Parent(AHRBI-P). <br><br>RESULTS: HFA group had higher total scale score and four subscales' scores of AHRBI than controls,including Suicide and Self-Injury(SS),HealthCompromising Behavior(HCB),Aggression and Violence(AV)and Rule Breaking(RB)(all P<0.05). HFA group had higher scores than controls in the items of &quot;Bullying/Threatening/Intimidating partner&quot;, &quot;Deliberately pushing and shoving others&quot;, &quot;Not drinking milk/soy milk&quot;, &quot;Not participating in any form of physical activity&quot;, &quot;Skiping class/Playing truant&quot;, &quot;Running away from home&quot;, &quot;Biting/Scratching/Bumping to hurt oneself&quot;(all P<0.05). Among all the subscales and items,the scores of HCB,SS, &quot;Not drinking milk/soy milk&quot;, &quot;Physical discomfort due to dieting&quot;, &quot;Fighting and Arms-taking&quot; and &quot;Drinking&quot; of self-assessment in HFA group were higher than those of parents' assessment(all P<0.05]. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The adolescents with HFA have more health-related risky behaviors than the healthy adolescents except for Smoking and Drinking(SD)and Unprotected sex(US).<p /><p>Language: zh</p>",
language="zh",
issn="1005-2224",
doi="10.19538/j.ek2019040609",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.19538/j.ek2019040609"
}