PMID- 34866567 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230810 LR - 20230810 IS - 1469-2198 (Electronic) IS - 0954-5794 (Linking) VI - 35 IP - 3 DP - 2023 Aug TI - Empirically-identified subgroups of children with autism spectrum disorder and their response to two types of cognitive behavioral therapy. PG - 1188-1202 LID - 10.1017/S0954579421001115 [doi] AB - Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is heterogeneous and likely entails distinct phenotypes with varying etiologies. Identifying these subgroups may contribute to hypotheses about differential treatment responses. The present study aimed to discern subgroups among children with ASD and anxiety in context of the five-factor model of personality (FFM) and evaluate treatment response differences to two cognitive-behavioral therapy treatments. The present study is a secondary data analysis of children with ASD and anxiety (N=202; ages 7-13; 20.8% female) in a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) randomized controlled trial (Wood et al., 2020). Subgroups were identified via latent profile analysis of parent-reported FFM data. Treatment groups included standard-of-practice CBT (CC), designed for children with anxiety, and adapted CBT (BIACA), designed for children with ASD and comorbid anxiety. Five subgroups with distinct profiles were extracted. Analysis of covariance revealed CBT response was contingent on subgroup membership. Two subgroups responded better to BIACA on the primary outcome measure and a third responded better to BIACA on a peer-social adaptation measure, while a fourth subgroup responded better to CC on a school-related adaptation measure. These findings suggest that the FFM may be useful in empirically identifying subgroups of children with ASD, which could inform intervention selection decisions for children with ASD and anxiety. FAU - Cho, Anchuen AU - Cho A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9848-8689 AD - University of California, Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Ave., 3132A Moore Hall, Los Angeles, CA90095, USA. FAU - Wood, Jeffrey J AU - Wood JJ AD - University of California, Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Ave., 3132A Moore Hall, Los Angeles, CA90095, USA. FAU - Ferrer, Emilio AU - Ferrer E AD - University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Ave., 135 Young Hall, Davis, CA95616, USA. FAU - Rosenau, Kashia AU - Rosenau K AD - University of California, Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Ave., 3132A Moore Hall, Los Angeles, CA90095, USA. FAU - Storch, Eric A AU - Storch EA AD - Baylor College of Medicine, 7200 Cambridge St, Houston, TX77030, USA. FAU - Kendall, Philip C AU - Kendall PC AD - Temple University, 1701 North 13th St., Weiss Hall, Philadelphia, PA19122, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial DEP - 20211206 PL - United States TA - Dev Psychopathol JT - Development and psychopathology JID - 8910645 SB - IM MH - Child MH - Humans MH - Female MH - Male MH - *Autism Spectrum Disorder/therapy/psychology MH - *Cognitive Behavioral Therapy MH - Anxiety Disorders/psychology MH - Anxiety MH - Comorbidity MH - Treatment Outcome OTO - NOTNLM OT - autism spectrum disorder OT - cognitive behavioral therapy OT - five-factor model of personality OT - latent profile analysis OT - treatment response EDAT- 2021/12/07 06:00 MHDA- 2023/08/10 06:43 CRDT- 2021/12/06 08:52 PHST- 2023/08/10 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2021/12/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/12/06 08:52 [entrez] AID - S0954579421001115 [pii] AID - 10.1017/S0954579421001115 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Dev Psychopathol. 2023 Aug;35(3):1188-1202. doi: 10.1017/S0954579421001115. Epub 2021 Dec 6.