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Associations Between Executive Functioning Impairments and Anxiety Symptoms among Youth with Autism

Associations Between Executive Functioning Impairments and Anxiety Symptoms among Youth with Autism

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Many people with autism experience executive functioning (EF) impairments, and its widely acknowledged that these challenges play a significant role in autism. Anxiety symptoms are highly prevalent and impairing challenges for autistic youth, and emerging evidence suggests EF impairments exacerbate anxiety. This study examines how everyday EF impairments are related to specific anxiety symptoms in autistic youth.

Featuring: Christina Burroughs, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow, Vanderbilt University

Interviewer: Blythe Corbett, Ph.D., James G. Blakemore Chair and Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences; Professor of Psychology; Associate Director, Division of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, and VKC Member

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