Association of Hair Cortisol with Somatic Complaints and Schizoid Behavior among Autistic Children
Autism individuals were thought to suffer from cortisol-secreting disturbances.However, relationship between cortisol levels and behavior problems has not yet been explored among autistic children.Using hair cortisol as a biomarker of one-month HPA axis activity, this study aimed to explore the relationship between HPA axis activity and behavior problem in the Child Behavior Checklist among autistic children.Hair samples were collected from 8 autistic children and 6 normal children.The results revealed that hair cortisol concentrations significantly positive correlated to the scores of somatic complaints (p <0.05) and schizoid behaviors (p < 0.01) among autistic children, but such association was not found among normal children.
autism hair cortisol somatic complaints schizoid behaviors
Xinliang Qi Qiaozhen Xie Wei Gao Hengzu Pan Xiaoyan Ke Huihua Deng Zuhong Lu
Key laboratory of Child Development and Learning Science of Ministry of Education (Southeast University), Research Center for Learning Science, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
国内会议
儿童早期发展前沿研究国际会议(International Symposium on cutting-edge research of Early Child Development)
南京
英文
94-98
2014-05-18（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）