Harris, Holly A;
Micali, Nadia;
Moll, Henriette A;
van Berckelaer-Onnes, Ina;
Hillegers, Manon;
Jansen, Pauline W;
(2021)
The role of food selectivity in the association between child autistic traits and constipation.
International Journal of Eating Disorders
, 54
(6)
pp. 981-985.
10.1002/eat.23485.
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Abstract
Objective: This study examines the association between child autistic traits and constipation symptoms, and explores whether this association is mediated by food selectivity. Method: The sample included participants (N = 2,818) from the population-based birth cohort, Generation R (Rotterdam, the Netherlands). Parents reported their child's autistic traits at 6 years (using the Social Responsiveness Scale), food selectivity at 10 years (using the Stanford Feeding Questionnaire) and the frequency and severity of constipation symptoms they experienced at 10 years (using the ROME III functional constipation diagnostic criteria). Mediation analyses tested mediation through food selectivity in the association of autistic traits and the number of constipation symptoms, adjusting for covariates. Results: There was a positive association between parent-reported child autistic traits and constipation symptoms (r = 0.08, p <.001). We identified a significant indirect effect of autistic traits on constipation symptoms through food selectivity (β = 0.008, 95% Confidence Interval: 0.002, 0.014). Discussion: This study provides empirical support for the mediating role of food selectivity in the association between autistic traits and constipation. Behavioral interventions aimed to target food selectivity and support families of children with autistic traits may bolster conventional medical and nutritional treatments to alleviate gastrointestinal symptoms like constipation.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The role of food selectivity in the association between child autistic traits and constipation |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1002/eat.23485 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23485 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2021 The Authors. International Journal of Eating Disorders published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Social Sciences, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Psychology, Clinical, Nutrition & Dietetics, Psychiatry, Psychology, autism, autistic traits, child, constipation, food selectivity, gastrointestinal symptoms, mediation, picky eating, GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMS, SPECTRUM DISORDER, ADOLESCENTS, PREVALENCE, VALIDATION |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10181853 |
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