@article{Nor2019,
title = {Prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder and associated risk factors},
author = {N K Nor and A H Ghozali and J Ismail},
url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85064414280&doi=10.3389%2ffped.2019.00038&partnerID=40&md5=4bb61b1df043a4adf79618e223d77f26},
doi = {10.3389/fped.2019.00038},
issn = {22962360},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
journal = {Frontiers in Pediatrics},
volume = {7},
number = {FEB},
publisher = {Frontiers Media S.A.},
abstract = {Introduction: Prevalence of obesity in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has been reported to be higher than in the general population. Determining prevalence may help increase awareness of obesity in ASD and potentially lead to initiatives to reduce obesity. In order to understand obesity in ASD children, common risk factors were assessed including physical activity, feeding problems and sleep disturbances. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study performed at the Child Development Center at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Center on 151 ASD children aged 2-18 years. Anthropometric and demographic information were obtained and parents completed three questionnaires; Children Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ), Physical Activity for Older Children Questionnaire (PAQ-C) and Brief Autism Mealtime Behavior Questionnaire (BAMBI). Results: For ASD children in our sample, the prevalence of overweight (BMI ≥85th to < 95th percentiles) was 11.3% and the prevalence of obesity (BMI ≥95th percentile) was 21.9%. The overweight/obese ASD children's median age was higher at 8.5 years (IQR 5.81-10.13) compared to the normal/underweight group of 6.33 years (IQR 4.75-7.7) with a p-value of 0.001. The two groups also differed significantly for maternal BMI and paternal age. The median maternal BMI in the overweight/obese group was 26.05 (IQR 23.35-32.25), statistically significantly higher (p = 0.003) than in the non-overweight/obese group, 24.7 (IQR 21-27.9). The median paternal age of 40 years (IQR 37-44) was statistically significantly higher (p = 0.039) in the overweight/obese group, compared to the median paternal age in the non-overweight/obese group of 38 (IQR 35-42). The male overweight/obese children had median PAQ-C score of 2.44 (IQR 2.00-3.00) vs. 2.89 (IQR 2.35-3.53) in the counterpart group with a p-value of 0.01. Using the multiple linear regression stepwise method, three predictors associated with BMI percentiles reached a statistical level of significance; PAQ-C score in males (p < 0.001), the BAMBI domains of Food Refusal (p = 0.001) and Limited Variety of Food (p = 0.001). Conclusions: The prevalence of obesity and overweight is high among Malaysian ASD children and adolescents. Older child age, high maternal BMI, older paternal age, low physical activity, low likelihood of food refusal and high likelihood of food selectivity were found to be risk factors for high BMI in these children. © 2019 Kamal Nor, Ghozali and Ismail.},
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@article{Zamin2019363,
title = {Jawi alphabot: A jawi teaching robot for children with autism},
author = {N Zamin and N M Norwawi and N I Arshad and M A A Ismail},
url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85074511817&doi=10.30534%2fijatcse%2f2019%2f5581.42019&partnerID=40&md5=d0ade3f7301cd921044cd9d4a9955cfc},
doi = {10.30534/ijatcse/2019/5581.42019},
issn = {22783091},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
journal = {International Journal of Advanced Trends in Computer Science and Engineering},
volume = {8},
number = {1.4 S1},
pages = {363-367},
publisher = {World Academy of Research in Science and Engineering},
abstract = {The children who have disability in their social interaction and communication are categorized as children with autism. Often autistic children are facing challenges in independent living causing many concerns toward teaching and learning for the autistic children. As a result, therapists and educators of autistic children are facing distress when teaching the autistic children as it is harder to retain their attention during the learning process. Hence, there are some researchers suggest robotic approach as clinical tool to assist therapist especially teachers in teaching session with autistic children. Therefore, this research is focusing on developing a robot to teach the basic Jawi modules to the autistic children. The objective of this paper is twofold, presenting: (1) the ways Jawi Alphabot is programmed to perform teaching, and 2) the attentive assessment results that shows the effectiveness of robotics intervention in learning Jawi among the autistics. Besides, a module for the teacher and the children is also available as a guideline for them to implement this robotic learning process. During the experimental design testing, the autistic children are divided into two groups (i.e. control group and experimental group) and were given different intervention in learning Jawi. The intervention in learning Jawi are: 1) traditional method and 2) robotics intervention method. The results are discussed with evidences that highlights how robotics intervention could alleviate attentiveness in learning among the autistic children. © 2019, World Academy of Research in Science and Engineering. All rights reserved.},
note = {cited By 1},
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@article{Yap2019498,
title = {App4Autism: An integrated assistive technology with heart rate monitoring for children with autism},
author = {C Y Yap and K H Ng and Y Cheah and S Y Lim and J Price and M De Vries},
editor = {Ahmad Smeaton Shih Velastin Terutoshi M N A F T K S T Badioze Zaman H. Mohamad Ali N.},
url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85077911902&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-030-34032-2_44&partnerID=40&md5=6b173ff9add01d06fd0682db52f48d7b},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-34032-2_44},
issn = {03029743},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
journal = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)},
volume = {11870 LNCS},
pages = {498-512},
publisher = {Springer},
abstract = {Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurological development disorder that affects communication and behavior. Most assistive technologies for children with autistic traits have been designed to support single, targeted activity function such as learning and communication. In this paper, we report the design and development of an assistive mobile application with heart rate monitoring to help children with ASD in their daily life activities. The integrated mobile application, App4Autism was developed using a holistic design approach with the aim of enhancing communication, interaction and learning skills while providing emotion regulation support through music listening and heart rate monitoring. A novel focus of App4Autism is on noise sensitivity; to play music upon automatic detection of loud excessive noise (in decibel) while at the same time, monitoring the user’s heart rate using a pulse sensor. The paper focuses on a study to better understand the potential use and incorporation of music listening and heart rate/anxiety level monitoring in the app. The paper provides results of investigation into which music genre is more suitable to keep users calm. Initial experiment involved a general population sample; with results showing that personal music preference might have calming effects on users in environments with excessive background noise. We further expand on the design guidelines for creating an integrated assistive technology. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019.},
note = {cited By 0},
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pubstate = {published},
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@article{Tan2019475,
title = {Mobile games for children with autism spectrum disorder to support positive behavioural skills},
author = {S W Tan and M H L Abdullah and N F N Mohd Daud},
url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85066151031&doi=10.1007%2f978-981-13-6031-2_43&partnerID=40&md5=82a1e886e2354239d5891d9cc6c44f96},
doi = {10.1007/978-981-13-6031-2_43},
issn = {23673370},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
journal = {Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems},
volume = {67},
pages = {475-490},
publisher = {Springer},
abstract = {Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is one of the fastest growing disorders around the world. The increasing rate of occurrence in Malaysia is estimated to occur in 1 of every 625 children and has since become a great concern to the community. Due to insufficient resources to cater for the autism education services, ineffective teaching strategy, and inadequate good positive behavioural support, this work is initiated as a means of solution to aid this issue. Findings of how a mobile games application, “Safe and Sound” featuring personalisation avatar can foster autistic children’s positive behaviour in social practices aspect are reported in this paper. Mobile game applications are used to trigger the children’s imagination for cognitive development as it is expected to become reliable to support content for the children to learn and apply in real situations. This analysis is entirely focused on interactions in schools by examining data from classroom activities. Three findings were revealed: (i) Personalised avatar can trigger children with ASD interest, (ii) Personalised avatar can promote emotions and feelings among children with ASD, and (iii) Avatar can facilitate social interaction among children with ASD. Thus, mobile games that incorporate personalised avatar can support children with ASD, especially to facilitate their positive behavioural skills. © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019.},
note = {cited By 0},
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@article{Mahayuddin20192176,
title = {Implementing augmented reality (AR) on phonics-based literacy among children with autism},
author = {Z R Mahayuddin and N Mamat},
url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85077525041&partnerID=40&md5=0167039bc176db575e5856526c68eed4},
issn = {20885334},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
journal = {International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology},
volume = {9},
number = {6},
pages = {2176-2181},
publisher = {Insight Society},
abstract = {The implementation of Augmented Reality (AR) technology in education has created an interesting approach to enhance the effectiveness and attractiveness of teaching and learning for students in real-life scenarios. This medium offers unique affordances, combining physical and virtual worlds, with continuous and implicit user control of the point of view and interactivity. This paper introduces the technology of augmented reality and its capabilities in facilitating children with autism. AR is a technology that overlays digital information on a live view of the physical world to create a blended experience. AR provides unique experiences and opportunities to learn and interact with information in the physical world. Hence, AR can be one of the effective technologies available in developing tools for teaching and learning with the combination of the virtual world and real objects such as transportation, fruits, numbers, and alphabets. This will facilitate the autistic child to recognize the abstract concepts of the real objects and their descriptions. The purpose of this paper was to investigate the use of AR on mobile devices in fostering literacy in academic and learning skills for children with autism using the phonics learning method. This prototype helps the autistic child to capture and associate the graphics or pictures of the surrounding objects so as improving the literacy and learning skills of the children. The results show that the children can pronounce and to distinguish between vowels ä", "i" and ü". The children are also able to answer most of the questions in the exercises provided. The interactivity between the children and the application raises their attention and focus mainly in literacy and learning skills. © 2019 Insight Society.},
note = {cited By 0},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
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@article{Basri2019923,
title = {Stress in parents of children with autism: A Malaysian experience},
author = {N A Basri and N N W N Hashim},
url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85079409340&partnerID=40&md5=d6f7bb889a1b209adf3d32bd2d8c1887},
issn = {01284878},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
journal = {Intellectual Discourse},
volume = {27},
pages = {923-943},
publisher = {International Islamic University Malaysia},
abstract = {This study examines differences in parental stress between parents of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) children (n=21) and Typically Developed (TD) children (n=41) in Malaysia. This study also compares the ages of parents of ASD children with parents of TD children with stress as a variable in these parents. Parents completed the Parental Stress Index (brief Malay version) and a socio-demographic questionnaire. Parents with ASD children were found to be significantly more stressed compared to parents of TD children (p<0.001). Significant scores were also found in the Parent-Child Dysfunctional Interaction (P-CDI) sub-scale (p<0.001) as well as Difficult Child (DC) and Parental Distress (PD) sub-scales with lower significance (p<0.05). Results also indicate that the 30-35-year-old age group among ASD parents was significantly found to be more stressed compared with parents of TD children of the same ages. Implications of the findings regarding support and intervention for families with ASD are also discussed. Copyright © IIUM Press},
note = {cited By 0},
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@article{Low2019,
title = {Knowledge and Attitudes of Special Education Teachers Towards the Inclusion of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder},
author = {H M Low and L W Lee and A Che Ahmad},
url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85067077509&doi=10.1080%2f1034912X.2019.1626005&partnerID=40&md5=e48042b72f97bcec1c0467fae0dc9a34},
doi = {10.1080/1034912X.2019.1626005},
issn = {1034912X},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
journal = {International Journal of Disability, Development and Education},
publisher = {Routledge},
abstract = {Despite many nations having policies that mandate inclusive education for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), the levels of implementation vary. In recent years, there has been increasing recognition of the grassroots’ interpretation of inclusive education for students with ASD in order to identify local contextual barriers and enablers of inclusion. In line with this research agenda, a study was conducted with 87 special education teachers in Penang, Malaysia to identify factors integral to their attitudes towards inclusive education for students with ASD. The analysis, which considered demographic factors, knowledge of ASD and societal attitudes, pointed to societal attitudes as a strong predictor of the special education teachers’ perceptions towards inclusive education for students with ASD. Given the findings, the ways to promote inclusive education for students with ASD in Malaysia and other developing nations alike were discussed. © 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.},
note = {cited By 0},
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pubstate = {published},
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@article{Mohamad2019168,
title = {Mental health studies on the coping strategies of Muslim parents of children with autism spectrum disorder in Malaysia (a narrative review)},
author = {S P Mohamad and M Y Z M Yusoff and D S H Adli and K J Golden},
url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85076964112&partnerID=40&md5=03c0db3f1ff75439090e2913f1d4aee0},
issn = {16758544},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
journal = {Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences},
volume = {15},
pages = {168-177},
publisher = {UPM Press},
abstract = {Poor mental health can affect a person’s quality of life and well-being, impacting cognitive, emotional, social, and physical functioning. Mental health difficulties have been found commonly in parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), who often struggle to cope with a range of challenges. These parents tend to have reduced overall wellbeing. This review study targeted an under-researched area, aiming to review mental health studies on the coping strategies used by Muslim parents of children with ASD in Malaysia, focusing on psychospiritual strategies. Journal articles were searched via Google Scholar, Science Direct, and Mendeley software online databases using relevant keywords. This narrative review identified 5 studies that examined parental coping, but only 4 reported the inclusion of Muslims. This review identified a gap in published knowledge regarding coping from a spiritual perspective in Muslim families of children with ASD in Malaysia and recommended future research from a biopsychosocial-spiritual perspective. © 2019 UPM Press. All rights reserved.},
note = {cited By 0},
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@article{Amirrudin201987,
title = {Social stories to enhance communicative strategies among autism spectrum disorder (ASD) children},
author = {S Amirrudin and N A Rahim and H A Halim and I Jalaludin},
url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85069989063&doi=10.17576%2fJKMJC-2019-3502-06&partnerID=40&md5=f6678edd6fb48d2606dd5c65dd34d48c},
doi = {10.17576/JKMJC-2019-3502-06},
issn = {2289151X},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
journal = {Jurnal Komunikasi: Malaysian Journal of Communication},
volume = {35},
number = {2},
pages = {87-102},
publisher = {Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Press},
abstract = {The use of strategies by children with developmental disabilities in repairing their communicative breakdowns has received little attention in the research literature to date. These children may also have fewer strategies available to them. By using Tarone’s Taxonomy (1980) of communicative strategies, this current study was trying to further unravel and discuss how children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) could enhance their spoken communicative intent in conversing about moral values. Audiotaped, semi-structured conversational data was collected from four children (two low functioning autism and two Asperger Syndrome) with autism ASD. They were seven to nine years old from Sekolah Kebangsaan Desaminium, Seri Kembangan, Selangor. Two social stories were told to the subjects; Visiting atuk and nenek in Kampung and Being Kind to Animals with two moral values underpinned in each social story. Findings revealed that all four ASD children were using almost all the nine communicative strategies except for word coinage. The study concluded that Tarone’s Taxonomy (1980) of communicative strategies was really helpful in unravelling the communicative intent of a group of ASD children in talking about moral values based on the social stories told to them. Having said so, future research still needs to consider how these strategies or perhaps other communicative strategies could be used as attempts to repair communicative breakdowns among ASD children. It is hoped that the impairment in understanding others’ mind hinders the development of an intent-based moral judgment in ASD children. © 2019, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Press. All rights reserved.},
note = {cited By 0},
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@article{Aziz2019772,
title = {A study on mobile applications developed for children with autism},
author = {N S A Aziz and W F W Ahmad and A S Hashim},
editor = {Gazem Busalim N A Mohammed F. Saeed F.},
url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85053916134&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-319-99007-1_71&partnerID=40&md5=b09f02f61c16c40cd2e1f7ec90ab0b99},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-99007-1_71},
issn = {21945357},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
journal = {Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing},
volume = {843},
pages = {772-780},
publisher = {Springer Verlag},
abstract = {The emerging of mobile technology leads to the extensive used of mobile application for learning purposes of the children with autism. Autism is a neurological disorder that affects the children’s behavior and their ability to communicate and interact socially. A lot of studies have been conducted on using mobile application to assist the children with autism to increase their social and communication skills. Mobile applications are now widely used, not only for entertainment and social networking, but also for education. The used of mobile applications in education has extend from dictionaries to special purpose education. This paper reviews six mobile applications developed to assist the children with autism for various purposes. This review will provide a summary of initial studies and preliminary findings for future development of enhanced application. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019.},
note = {cited By 0},
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pubstate = {published},
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@article{Al-Oran2019135,
title = {The effectiveness of educational programs on parenting stress and coping mechanism among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review},
author = {H M Al-Oran and K Lee and K -A Tan and P Y Lim},
url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85073681826&partnerID=40&md5=eedb70a745385b6f229fe267bcbef8ea},
issn = {16758544},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
journal = {Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences},
volume = {15},
number = {3},
pages = {135-141},
publisher = {UPM Press},
abstract = {The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the effectiveness of educational programs on parenting stress and coping mechanism among parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Our current review retrieved the articles from databases such as CINAHL, Springer, Ovid, PubMed, Google Scholar, and EBSCO host. Only articles published between the years of 2000 and 2018 in these databases were recruited using keywords such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, education program, parenting stress, coping mechanism, and coping strategies. The search generated 17 articles; 8 articles were relevant. This systematic review provides an important opportunity to advance our understanding of the effectiveness of the educational program for reducing parenting stress and improving coping mechanism among parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Nurses could also have a pivotal role in delivering the educational program for parents of children with ASD. © 2019 UPM Press. All rights reserved.},
note = {cited By 0},
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pubstate = {published},
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@article{Selvaganapathi2019690,
title = {Teachers' knowledge and perception towards children with an autism spectrum disorder [Conocimiento y percepción de los maestros hacia los niños con un trastorno del espectro autista]},
author = {G Selvaganapathi and J Jinat Ahmed and A G Mathialagan and N Azra and K Kularaja and M H M Nazmul and K Kumaraswamy and V Thirupatharao and M Dinesh and T Harikrishnan},
url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85077548848&partnerID=40&md5=d8c8ee1a2ba01f933c373a9423f5210e},
issn = {10121587},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
journal = {Opcion},
volume = {35},
number = {SpecialEdition24},
pages = {690-712},
publisher = {Universidad del Zulia},
abstract = {This study aims to assess teacher’s knowledge and perception towards children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Malaysia. A cross-sectional study was done by using convenient sampling. Respondents that fulfill the inclusion & exclusion criteria were sent online validated questionnaire, data were analyzed using SPSS. As a result, only a few of the respondents have good knowledge of autism, however, more have a positive attitude towards autism. In conclusion, we found that teachers did, in fact, recognize their own lack of knowledge of ASD and this awareness co-existed with an interest in increasing their knowledge and skills in this area. © 2019, Universidad del Zulia. All rights reserved.},
note = {cited By 0},
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pubstate = {published},
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@article{Khowaja20191,
title = {Serious Game for Children with Autism to Learn Vocabulary: An Experimental Evaluation},
author = {K Khowaja and S S Salim},
url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85041121490&doi=10.1080%2f10447318.2017.1420006&partnerID=40&md5=156c0d5a4f725ee03fcae97740a468c2},
doi = {10.1080/10447318.2017.1420006},
issn = {10447318},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
journal = {International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction},
volume = {35},
number = {1},
pages = {1-26},
publisher = {Taylor and Francis Inc.},
abstract = {The use of serious games (SGs) to provide intervention for various skills to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has increased in the recent years. However, the potential of these games has not been utilized to provide learning of vocabulary to children with ASD. In designing games for children with ASD, there is a need to consider components specifically from the perspectives of ASD and the generic components that can support from the theoretical, content, and game design aspects. In the absence of any existing framework to design games for children with ASD, this article first introduces a framework named serious game design framework (SGDF), constructed to provide support throughout the design process. This framework was constructed based on the extensive review of the literature on ASD and existing SGDFs. The article then focuses on the design and development of a SG prototype based on SGDF. An experimental evaluation prototype was conducted to examine the effectiveness using the withdrawal design of single-subject research design (SSRD) in improving the receptive identification of vocabulary items among children with autism before and after using the prototype. The receptive identification of vocabulary items is measured in terms of the number of correct responses given and the number of attempts made to identify the correct response. The pre- and post-evaluations of the SG prototype show that learning of vocabulary items among children with ASD improved after using the game and they retained items at the end of weeks 1 and 2 following the withdrawal of intervention. © 2018, © 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.},
note = {cited By 13},
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@article{Ilias2019,
title = {Risk and resilience among mothers and fathers of primary school age children with ASD in Malaysia: A qualitative constructive grounded theory approach},
author = {K Ilias and K Cornish and M S Park and H Toran and K J Golden},
url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85059619693&doi=10.3389%2ffpsyg.2018.02275&partnerID=40&md5=2b56f8f5e16484cfed5317951169fb05},
doi = {10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02275},
issn = {16641078},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
journal = {Frontiers in Psychology},
volume = {9},
number = {JAN},
publisher = {Frontiers Media S.A.},
abstract = {Little is known about the coping and resilience experiences of parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the Malaysian cultural context. This study utilized a qualitative methodological approach adopting constructive grounded theory. The study sought to address the lack of research to date exploring the risk and protective experiences that contribute to parental stress and resilience for parents of primary school age children with ASD in the Malaysian setting. Twenty-two parents of children with ASD (13 mothers and 9 fathers) participated in semi-structured interviews. A strength of the study was the inclusion of both mother and father participant perspectives. The interviews lasted 50-80 min (mean: 67.5 min). The 22 parents had a total of 16 children (12 males; 4 females) formally diagnosed with ASD. Child age ranged between 5 and 12 years (mean age: 8.44). Overall, analysis of the 22 interviews revealed four prominent themes - "initial reaction to child's ASD symptoms and diagnosis," "family life affected by a child with ASD," äwareness about ASD in Malaysia," and "coping strategies, wellbeing, and becoming resilient." The first three themes revolved around stress and adversity, and, the adaptability and acceptance of the parents. These processes illustrated the risks experienced by the parents of children with ASD in Malaysia. The last theme especially highlighted the strengths and determination of the parents and illustrated the protective experiences and processes that helped parents to develop and enhance resilience. Overall, the findings revealed that resilience develops synergistically and dynamically from both risk and protective experiences across different levels - individual, family, community, society and government. The findings motivated the development of our theoretical model of resilience that can help health and education professionals tailor assessment and interventions for parents of children with ASD in the Malaysian context. Clinical, policy, and research suggestions were discussed. © 2019 Ilias, Cornish, Park, Toran and Golden.},
note = {cited By 2},
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@article{Jaafar2019135,
title = {Parent-report instruments for assessing feeding difficulties in children with neurological impairments: a systematic review},
author = {N H Jaafar and A Othman and N A Majid and S Harith and Z Zabidi-Hussin},
url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85052789833&doi=10.1111%2fdmcn.13986&partnerID=40&md5=d02a2bfcd15a25988b9c23855cd87444},
doi = {10.1111/dmcn.13986},
issn = {00121622},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
journal = {Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology},
volume = {61},
number = {2},
pages = {135-144},
publisher = {Blackwell Publishing Ltd},
abstract = {Aim: This study aimed to review the psychometric properties and clinical application of parent-report instruments that assess feeding difficulties in children with neurological impairments. Method: Papers were identified through five electronic databases based on 15 keywords and were included if they met the following criteria: published in English, described the implementation of parent-report instruments, and included children with neurological impairments (either in the report or a related study population). Results: In total, 1220 relevant abstracts were screened and 22 full-text articles were evaluated. The following six parent-report instruments met the inclusion criteria: (1) Screening Tool of Feeding Problems applied to children, (2) Paediatric Eating Assessment Tool, (3) Paediatric Assessment Scale for Severe Feeding Problems, (4) Montreal Children's Hospital Feeding Scale, (5) Children's Eating Behaviour Inventory, and (6) Behavioural Paediatric Feeding Assessment Scale (BPFAS). Based on comprehensive psychometric testing and consistently good results, the BPFAS was considered the most valid and reliable instrument. The BPFAS also showed good clinical applicability because it was readily available, required a short administration time, and used a simple scoring system. Interpretation: We reviewed the available parent-report instruments for assessing feeding difficulties in children with neurological impairments. The BPFAS had the best psychometric properties and clinical applicability. What this paper adds: Six parent-report instruments were suitable for assessing feeding in children with neurological impairments. The Behavioural Paediatric Feeding Assessment Scale (BPFAS) has the strongest psychometric properties. The BPFAS also has good clinical applicability. © 2018 Mac Keith Press},
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@article{Mohamad2019343,
title = {The α5-Containing GABA A Receptors—a Brief Summary},
author = {F H Mohamad and A T C Has},
url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85059596842&doi=10.1007%2fs12031-018-1246-4&partnerID=40&md5=7b2ba0dc86c6c3f890f226cad8195ee5},
doi = {10.1007/s12031-018-1246-4},
issn = {08958696},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
journal = {Journal of Molecular Neuroscience},
volume = {67},
number = {2},
pages = {343-351},
publisher = {Springer New York LLC},
abstract = {GABA A receptors are the major inhibitory neurotransmitter receptor in the human brain. The receptors are assembled from combination of protein subunits in pentameric complex which may consist of α1–6, β1–3, γ1–3, ρ1–3, δ, ε, θ, or π subunits. There are a theoretical > 150,000 possible assemblies and arrangements of GABA A subunits, although only a few combinations have been found in human with the most dominant consists of 2α1, 2β2, and 1γ2 in a counterclockwise arrangement as seen from the synaptic cleft. The receptors also possess binding sites for various unrelated substances including benzodiazepines, barbiturates, and anesthetics. The α5-containing GABA A Rs only make up ≤ 5% of the entire receptor population, but up to 25% of the receptor subtype is located in the crucial learning and memory-associated area of the brain—the hippocampus, which has ignited myriads of hypotheses and theories in regard to its role. As well as exhibiting synaptic phasic inhibition, the α5-containing receptors are also extrasynaptic and mediate tonic inhibition with continuously occurring smaller amplitude. Studies on negative-allosteric modulators for reducing this tonic inhibition have been shown to enhance learning and memory in neurological disorders such as schizophrenia, Down syndrome, and autism with a possible alternative benzodiazepine binding site. Therefore, a few α5 subunit-specific compounds have been developed to address these pharmacological needs. With its small population, the α5-containing receptors could be the key and also the answer for many untreated cognitive dysfunctions and disorders. © 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.},
note = {cited By 1},
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pubstate = {published},
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}