TY - JOUR
T1 - Variables Associated With Tic Exacerbation in Children With Chronic Tic Disorders
AU - Himle, Michael B.
AU - Capriotti, Matthew R.
AU - Hayes, Loran P.
AU - Ramanujam, Krishnapriya
AU - Scahill, Lawrence
AU - Sukhodolsky, Denis G.
AU - Wilhelm, Sabine
AU - Deckersbach, Thilo
AU - Peterson, Alan L.
AU - Specht, Matt W.
AU - Walkup, John T.
AU - Chang, Susanna
AU - Piacentini, John
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by Grant R01MH070802 from the National Institute of Mental Health to the Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc. (PI: Dr. John Piacentini), with subcontracts to Drs. Douglas Woods, Larry Scahill, Sabine Wilhelm, Alan Peterson, and John Walkup. Dr Scahill received support from the Yale University Clinical and Translational Sciences Award Grant UL1 RR024139 from the National Center for Research Resources, NIH.
PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - Research has shown that motor and vocal tics fluctuate in frequency, intensity, and form in response to environmental and contextual cues. Behavioral models have proposed that some of the variation in tics may reflect context-dependent interactive learning processes such that once tics are performed, they are influenced by environmental contingencies. The current study describes the results of a function-based assessment of tics (FBAT) from a recently completed study comparing Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) with supportive psychotherapy. The current study describes the frequency with which antecedent and consequence variables were reported to exacerbate tics and the relationships between these functional variables and sample baseline characteristics, comorbidities, and measures of tic severity. Results showed that tic-exacerbating antecedents and consequences were nearly ubiquitous in a sample of children with chronic tic disorder. In addition, functional variables were related to baseline measures of comorbid internalizing symptoms and specific measures of tic severity.
AB - Research has shown that motor and vocal tics fluctuate in frequency, intensity, and form in response to environmental and contextual cues. Behavioral models have proposed that some of the variation in tics may reflect context-dependent interactive learning processes such that once tics are performed, they are influenced by environmental contingencies. The current study describes the results of a function-based assessment of tics (FBAT) from a recently completed study comparing Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) with supportive psychotherapy. The current study describes the frequency with which antecedent and consequence variables were reported to exacerbate tics and the relationships between these functional variables and sample baseline characteristics, comorbidities, and measures of tic severity. Results showed that tic-exacerbating antecedents and consequences were nearly ubiquitous in a sample of children with chronic tic disorder. In addition, functional variables were related to baseline measures of comorbid internalizing symptoms and specific measures of tic severity.
KW - Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics
KW - Tourette disorder
KW - chronic tic disorder
KW - function-based assessment
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U2 - 10.1177/0145445514531016
DO - 10.1177/0145445514531016
M3 - Article
C2 - 24778433
AN - SCOPUS:84904061185
SN - 0145-4455
VL - 38
SP - 163
EP - 183
JO - Behavior Modification
JF - Behavior Modification
IS - 2
ER -