@article{01JB9KY0FA83Q5H9GHFMZ0S8Q2,
  abstract     = {{This study investigated the association between Sensory processing (SP) (i.e., hyporesponsiveness, Sensory Seeking (SS) and hyperresponsiveness) at 10 months (M) and language/social-communicative difficulties at 24M, mediated through object play at 14M in young children at elevated likelihood for autism (EL). Parent-report instruments were used to measure all variables in younger siblings of children with autism (siblings, n = 74) and children born before 30 gestational weeks (preterms, n = 38). Higher scores of object play fully mediated the association between more SS and better language/less social-communicative difficulties. Hypo- and hyperresponsiveness at 10M did not seem to predict language heterogeneity at 24M, but more hypo- and less hyperresponsiveness at 10M were associated with more social-communicative difficulties at 24M. The explained variance in social-communicative difficulties and language was limited (15.25%-16.39%). Similar associations were found for siblings and preterms. This highlights that high frequency of SP behaviors does not necessarily negatively affect communication in young EL-children as is commonly assumed. Early object play skills play a role in the association between early SS and later language/social communicative difficulties. This implies that some criteria of the two core domains of characteristics of autism are interrelated in EL-children, and this may have implications for early intervention programs.}},
  articleno    = {{e12625}},
  author       = {{Moerman, Floor and Warreyn, Petra and Noens, Ilse and Steyaert, Jean and van Esch, Lotte and de Vries, Lyssa and Madarevic, Melinda and Segers, Julie and Van Lierde, Thijs and TIARA‐team, the and Roeyers, Herbert}},
  issn         = {{1525-0008}},
  journal      = {{INFANCY}},
  keywords     = {{LONGITUDINAL FOLLOW-UP,SPECTRUM DISORDER,INFANT SIBLINGS,JOINT,ATTENTION,PRETEND PLAY,SYMBOLIC PLAY,HIGH-RISK,QUANTITATIVE,CHECKLIST,DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS,BORN PRETERM}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{27}},
  title        = {{Exploring cascading effects of sensory processing on language skills and social‐communicative difficulties through play in young children at elevated likelihood for autism}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1111/infa.12625}},
  volume       = {{30}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}

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