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A Cross-Sectional Survey of Repetitive Behaviors and Restricted Interests in A Typically Developing Turkish Child Population

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This study examined compulsive-like behaviors (CLBs) which are higher-order types of Repetitive Behaviors And Restricted Interests (RBRIs) in typically developing children in Turkey. Caregivers of 1,204 children between 8 and 72 months were interviewed with Childhood Routines Inventory (CRI) by trained interviewers in a cross-sectional survey. Factor analysis of the CRI revealed two factor structures comprising “just right behaviors” and “repetitive/sensory sensitivity behaviors”. CLB frequency peaked at 2–4 years with declines after age four. In contrast to the previous CRI studies reporting no gender difference, CLBs were more common in males in 12–23 and 48–59 month age groups on both total CLB frequency and repetitive/sensory sensitivity behaviors. Also ages of onsets for CRI items were somewhat later than reported in other samples. Our findings supported the findings of the previous CRI studies while also revealing new perspectives in need of further investigation.

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This study was partially supported by a research grant by Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Turkey.

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  1. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Marmara University School of Medicine, Güllü Sokak, No. 4, İç Levent, Istanbul, Turkey

    Ahmet Çevikaslan & Yankı Yazgan

  2. Psychology Department, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA

    David W. Evans

  3. Geisinger-Bucknell Autism and Developmental Medicine Center, Lewisburg, PA, USA

    David W. Evans

  4. Psychology Department, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Ceyda Dedeoğlu

  5. Preventive Medicine and Public Health Department, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

    Sibel Kalaça

  6. Yale Child Study Center, New Haven, CT, USA

    Yankı Yazgan

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Çevikaslan, A., Evans, D.W., Dedeoğlu, C. et al. A Cross-Sectional Survey of Repetitive Behaviors and Restricted Interests in A Typically Developing Turkish Child Population. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 45, 472–482 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-013-0417-3

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