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Behavioural and Emotional Disturbance in High-Functioning Autism and Asperger Syndrome

Monash University, Australia

Avril V. Brereton

Monash University, Australia

Kylie M. Gray

Monash University, Australia

Stewart L. Einfeld

University of New South Wales, Australia

This study aimed to determine whether there were differences in behavioural and emotional disturbance (psychopathology) between children and adolescents with high-functioning autism and Asperger syndrome. Subjects consisted of 75 children and adolescents with high-functioning autism and 52 with Asperger's disorder (DSM-IV diagnoses). Psychopathology was measured using the Developmental Behaviour Checklist. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) controlling for the effects of age and cognitive level was used to determine whether the groups differed in their levels of psychopathology. It was found that children and adolescents with Asperger's disorder presented with higher levels of psychopathology than those with high-functioning autism, were more disruptive, antisocial and anxious, and had more problems with social relationships. The implications of these findings are discussed.

Key Words: Asperger syndrome • autism • behaviour • emotion • psychopathology

Autism, Vol. 3, No. 2, 117-130 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/1362361399003002003


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