Browsing College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies by Author "Mannion, Arlene"
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An investigation of comorbid psychological disorders, sleep problems, gastrointestinal symptoms and epilepsy in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: A two year follow-up
Mannion, Arlene; Leader, Geraldine (Elsevier, 2016-11-26)Research has recently focused on studying comorbidity in the autism spectrum but little research has been conducted on follow-up studies or conducting longitudinal research into these conditions. Mannion, Leader, and Healy ... -
An investigation of comorbid psychological disorders, sleep problems, gastrointestinal symptoms and epilepsy in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: A two year follow-up
Mannion, Arlene; Leader, Geraldine (Elsevier, 2015-11-26)Research has recently focused on studying comorbidity in the autism spectrum but little research has been conducted on follow-up studies or conducting longitudinal research into these conditions. Mannion, Leader, and Healy ... -
An investigation of gelotophobia in individuals with a diagnosis of high-functioning autism spectrum disorder
Leader, Geraldine; Grennan, Susan; Chen, June L.; Mannion, Arlene (Springer Verlag, 2018-07-03)Samson et al. (Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 41:475 483, 2011) conducted the first empirical investigation examining the fear of being laughed at (gelotophobia) and its prevalence in individuals with high ... -
An investigation of the age and severity of autism spectrum disorder diagnosis in children and adolescents with and without a co-occurring diagnosis
Hogan, Amy; Leader, Geraldine; Mannion, Arlene (The Psychological Society of Ireland, 2017-04)The aim of this study is to investigate the age of diagnosis of children with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in comparison to children with a diagnosis of ASD and comorbid disorders. It will also look at ... -
Populations and problems evaluated with functional assessment
Leader, Geraldine; Casburn, Mia; Maher, Leanne; Ferrari, Chiara; Naughton, Katie; Wicks, Taylor R.; Mannion, Arlene (Springer, 2021-03-27)Functional assessment is a technique consisting of a set of procedures that define the relationship between events in the environment and specific target behaviors. The purpose of functional assessment is to identify ... -
Psychosis
Mannion, Arlene; White, Keeley; Porter, Emily; Louw, Julia; Kirkpatrick, Bernadette; Gilroy, Shawn P.; Leader, Geraldine (Springer, Cham, 2019-09-04)Psychosis is a set of symptoms related to mental health issues that occurs in a range of psychotic disorders. Psychosis in individuals with intellectual disabilities is an underexplored area in research. This chapter ... -
Quality of life, gastrointestinal symptoms, sleep problems, social support, and social functioning in adults with autism spectrum disorder
Leader, Geraldine; Barrett, Amy; Ferrari, Chiara; Casburn, Mia; Maher, Leanne; Naughton, Katie; Arndt, Sophia; Mannion, Arlene (Elsevier, 2021-03-04)The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between sleep problems, gastrointestinal symptoms, social functioning, autism traits, and social support on quality of life (QoL) in 107 adults with autism ... -
Relationship between child sleep problems in autism spectrum disorder and parent mental health and well-being
Mannion, Arlene; Leader, Geraldine (Elsevier, 2023-06-26)Sleep problems are a common comorbidity in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The aim of this study is to determine how sleep problems affect not only the child with ASD, but parents also. Parents ... -
Relationship between comorbid psychopathology in children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder and parental well-being
Lanyi, Julia; Mannion, Arlene; Chen, June L.; Leader, Geraldine (Taylor & Francis, 2021-05-15)Aim: Frequency and relationship between child comorbid psychopathology and parental stress, quality of life (QoL), anxiety, depression, and social support were examined in parents of children and adolescents with autism ... -
Relationship between gastrointestinal symptoms in autism spectrum disorder and parent stress, anxiety, depression, quality of life and social support
Mannion, Arlene; Leader, Geraldine (Springer, 2023-09-01)Gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms are a common comorbidity in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Little is known about the impact that GI symptoms have on parental well-being. Parents of 409 children ... -
Relationship between parent-reported gastrointestinal symptoms, sleep problems, autism spectrum disorder symptoms, and behavior problems in children and adolescents with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
Leader, Geraldine; Murray, Maeve; O’Súilleabháin, Páraic S.; Maher, Leanne; Naughton, Katie; Arndt, Sophia; White, Keeley; Traina, Ivan; Mannion, Arlene (Elsevier, 2020-05-28)Background: 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q) is a chromosome disorder, where a segment of chromosome 22, located at 811.2, is missing. This study aims to investigate the relationship between a number of parent-reported ... -
Relationships among gastrointestinal symptoms, sleep problems, challenging behaviour, comorbid psychopathology and autism spectrum disorder symptoms in children and adolescents with 15q duplication syndrome
Leader, Geraldine; Forde, Jennifer; Naughton, Katie; Maher, Leanne; Arndt, Sophia; Mannion, Arlene (Wiley, 2020-10-18)Comorbidity is the presence of at least two disorders in one person at one time. This study examined the frequency of gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms, sleep problems, comorbid psychopathology, challenging behaviour and ... -
Relationships between gastrointestinal symptoms, sleep problems, and internalizing and externalizing symptoms in children and adolescents with Angelman Syndrome.
Leader, Geraldine; Gilligan, Rebecca; Whelan, Sally; Coyne, Rory; Caher, Aoife; White, Keeley; Traina, Ivan; Muchenje, Shellita; Machaka, Rudo L.; Mannion, Arlene (Elsevier, 2022-07-04)Background Angelman syndrome (AS), is a rare genetic disorder. This study investigated the relationship between parent-reported comorbid symptoms including gastrointestinal symptoms, sleep problems, internalizing symptoms, ... -
Sleep problems in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A literature review
Mannion, Arlene; Leader, Geraldine (Springer Verlag, 2013-11-27)The purpose of this literature review is to provide an overview of the research on sleep problems in autism spectrum disorder. Topics explored are the prevalence of sleep problems, the importance of studying sleep problems, ... -
Toileting problems in children and adolescents with parent-reported diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder
Leader, Geraldine; Francis, Kady; Mannion, Arlene; Chen, June (Springer, 2018-03-22)The current study investigated toileting problems in one hundred and twenty-seven children and adolescents with parent-reported diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder. Toileting refers to the accomplishment of various ... -
Transition program from school to employment in youths with intellectual disability: Evaluation of the Irish pilot study E-IDEAS
Traina, Ivan; Mannion, Arlene; Leader, Geraldine (Taylor & Francis, 2021-06-29)Aim: The purpose of this pilot was to evaluate the effectiveness of the E-IDEAS curriculum, specifically designed for workplace inclusion of youths with intellectual disabilities (ID) and aimed to transfer social, ... -
Work readiness curriculum: How to support young adults with intellectual disabilities in the transition from school to work
Traina, Ivan; Mannion, Arlene; Leader, Geraldine (Vannini Editoria Scientifica Srl, 2022-12)Ad oggi, la ricerca sulla disabilità intellettiva si è concentrata principalmente sull’infanzia e sugli interventi precoci piuttosto che sul passaggio dalla scuola al lavoro. Il curriculum di preparazione al lavoro ...