Crisis Behavior in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Self-Organized Criticality Approach
The Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) represents a set of life-long disorders. In particular, subjects with ASD can display momentary behaviors of acute agitation and aggressiveness called crisis behaviors. These events are problematic for the subject and care providers but little is known about their...
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| author | Lucio Tonello Luca Giacobbi Alberto Pettenon Alessandro Scuotto Massimo Cocchi Fabio Gabrielli Glenda Cappello |
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| description | The Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) represents a set of life-long disorders. In particular, subjects with ASD can display momentary behaviors of acute agitation and aggressiveness called crisis behaviors. These events are problematic for the subject and care providers but little is known about their occurrence, namely, possible relations among intensity, frequency, and duration. A group of ASD subjects (n=33) has been observed for 12 months reporting data on each crisis (n=1137 crises). Statistical analysis did not find significant results, while the relation between crisis duration and frequency showed a good fit to a “power law” curve, suggesting the application of Self-Organized Criticality (SOC) model. The SOC is used to describe natural phenomena as earthquakes, bank failures of rivers, mass extinctions, and other systems where a type of “catastrophic events” is necessary to maintain a critical equilibrium. In a sense, subjects at risk of crisis behavior seem to fit the same model as seismic zones at risk of earthquakes. The employment of the same strategies, as those successfully developed for known SOC systems, could lead to important insights for ASD management. Moreover, the SOC model offers possible interpretations of crisis behavior dynamics suggesting that they are unpredictable and, in a sense, necessary. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-09e55b6704ae4ce8aac81d3da3becb142025-02-03T01:00:27ZengWileyComplexity1076-27871099-05262018-01-01201810.1155/2018/51281575128157Crisis Behavior in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Self-Organized Criticality ApproachLucio Tonello0Luca Giacobbi1Alberto Pettenon2Alessandro Scuotto3Massimo Cocchi4Fabio Gabrielli5Glenda Cappello6LUDES (Higher Education Institution) Foundation, Smart City, Malta“Ca’Leido” Autism Center, Altivole, Italy“Ca’Leido” Autism Center, Altivole, ItalyLUDES (Higher Education Institution) Foundation, Smart City, MaltaUniversity of Bologna, Bologna, ItalyLUDES (Higher Education Institution) Foundation, Smart City, MaltaLUDES (Higher Education Institution) Foundation, Smart City, MaltaThe Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) represents a set of life-long disorders. In particular, subjects with ASD can display momentary behaviors of acute agitation and aggressiveness called crisis behaviors. These events are problematic for the subject and care providers but little is known about their occurrence, namely, possible relations among intensity, frequency, and duration. A group of ASD subjects (n=33) has been observed for 12 months reporting data on each crisis (n=1137 crises). Statistical analysis did not find significant results, while the relation between crisis duration and frequency showed a good fit to a “power law” curve, suggesting the application of Self-Organized Criticality (SOC) model. The SOC is used to describe natural phenomena as earthquakes, bank failures of rivers, mass extinctions, and other systems where a type of “catastrophic events” is necessary to maintain a critical equilibrium. In a sense, subjects at risk of crisis behavior seem to fit the same model as seismic zones at risk of earthquakes. The employment of the same strategies, as those successfully developed for known SOC systems, could lead to important insights for ASD management. Moreover, the SOC model offers possible interpretations of crisis behavior dynamics suggesting that they are unpredictable and, in a sense, necessary.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5128157 |
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| title | Crisis Behavior in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Self-Organized Criticality Approach |
| title_full | Crisis Behavior in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Self-Organized Criticality Approach |
| title_fullStr | Crisis Behavior in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Self-Organized Criticality Approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Crisis Behavior in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Self-Organized Criticality Approach |
| title_short | Crisis Behavior in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Self-Organized Criticality Approach |
| title_sort | crisis behavior in autism spectrum disorders a self organized criticality approach |
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