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Contextual Triggers and Tic Severity Across Life Periods: A Retrospective Analysis in Adults with Tic Disorders.
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Child psychiatry and human development [Child Psychiatry Hum Dev] 2024 Jul 08. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 08. - Publication Year :
- 2024
- Publisher :
- Ahead of Print
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Abstract
- In tic disorders (TD), tic expression varies across the lifespan and as a function of contextual factors. This study explored connections between tic expression and contextual triggers across life periods in 74 adults (M <subscript>age</subscript> = 23.2) with TDs. The Tic History and Coping Strategies form assessed retrospective self-reports of contextual antecedents, consequences, and tic severity during four life periods (middle school; 9th/10th grade; 11th/12th grade; college/work) and past month. Tics reportedly worsened during and after school in school-aged years and worsened in the evening during college/work years. Stress and anxiety were reported to consistently trigger tics across time. The impact of activities, places, and emotions did not differ across life periods. Attention-based consequences, most prevalent during middle school, were more common than escape- or avoidance-related consequences across all periods. Findings illuminate how contextual factors may influence tics across life periods and underscore the consistent impact of tic-triggering emotions and attention-related consequences.<br /> (© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1573-3327
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Child psychiatry and human development
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 38976153
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-024-01733-y