3.49 Multimethod Examination of Congruence of Parent-Youth Report of Social Anxiety, Internalizing, and Externalizing Symptoms in Teens With ASD vs Social Anxiety and Typically Developing Controls

Abstract

High parent-child agreement (PCA) on clinical symptoms is related to better therapeutic outcomes (Becker-Haimes et al, 2018). PCA for anxiety varies in neurotypical youth (Dirks et al, 2013), and in ASD (White, Schry, and Maddox, 2011; Burrows et al, 2018). ASD symptoms may conflate with social anxiety in the parent or child report. A co-occurring diagnosis of both ASD and social anxiety may impact PCA relative to a diagnosis of social anxiety without co-occurring ASD. This study used a multimethod, multi-informant approach to study PCA in symptoms of internalizing, externalizing, and social anxiety symptoms by comparing neurotypical teens to teens with social anxiety with and without ASD.