Yr Athro Sue Leekam

2024

• Carrington, S. J., Uljarević, M., Meins, E., Fernyhough, C., McConachie, H., Le Couteur, A. and Leekam, S. R. 2024. Are restricted and repetitive behaviours in two and six-year-olds associated with emotional and behavioural difficulties?. JCPP Advances 4(3), article number: e12209. (10.1002/jcv2.12209)
• Frazier, T. W. et al. 2024. Reliability of the commonly used and newly-developed autism measures. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 54, pp. 2158-2169. (10.1007/s10803-023-05967-y)
• Jones, C. R., Livingston, L. A., Fretwell, C., Uljarević, M., Carrington, S. J., Shah, P. and Leekam, S. R. 2024. Measuring self and informant perspectives of Restricted and Repetitive Behaviours (RRBs): psychometric evaluation of the Repetitive Behaviours Questionnaire-3 (RBQ-3) in adult clinical practice and research settings. Molecular Autism 15(1), article number: 24. (10.1186/s13229-024-00603-7)
• Spackman, E. et al. 2024. Characterising insistence on sameness and circumscribed interests: a qualitative study of parent perspectives. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (10.1007/s10803-024-06404-4)
• Keating, J., Uljarević, M., van Goozen, S. H. M., Abbot‐Smith, K., Hay, D. F. and Leekam, S. R. 2024. Assessing pragmatic language difficulties using the Revised Children's Communication Checklist‐2. Exploratory structural equation modeling and associations with restricted and repetitive behaviors. Autism Research 17(3), pp. 584-595. (10.1002/aur.3100)

2023

• Uljarević, M. et al. 2023. Arriving at the empirically based conceptualization of restricted and repetitive behaviors: a systematic review and meta-analytic examination of factor analyses. Clinical Psychology Review 103, article number: 102286. (10.1016/j.cpr.2023.102286)
• Chawner, S. J. et al. 2023. Neurodevelopmental dimensional assessment of young children at high genomic risk of neuropsychiatric conditions. JCPP Advances 3(2), article number: e12162. (10.1002/jcv2.12162)
• Keating, J., Van Goozen, S., Uljarevic, M., Hay, D. and Leekam, S. 2023. Restricted and repetitive behaviors and their developmental and demographic correlates in 4-8-year-old children: A transdiagnostic approach. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 17, article number: 1085404. (10.3389/fnbeh.2023.1085404)

2022

• Ridley, E., Arnott, B., Riby, D. M., Burt, M. D., Hanley, M. and Leekam, S. R. 2022. The quality of everyday eye contact in Williams Syndrome: insights from cross-syndrome comparisons. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 127(4), pp. 293-312. (10.1352/1944-7558-127.4.293)
• Uljarević, M., Carrington, S. J., Hardan, A. Y. and Leekam, S. R. 2022. Subdomains of restricted and repetitive behaviors within autism: Exploratory structural equation modeling using the diagnostic interview for social and communication disorders. Autism Research 15(5), pp. 861-869. (10.1002/aur.2687)

2021

• Evers, K. et al. 2021. How well are DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for ASD represented in standardized diagnostic instruments?. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 30, pp. 75-87. (10.1007/s00787-020-01481-z)

2020

• Uljarevic, M. et al. 2020. Deconstructing the repetitive behaviour phenotype in Autism Spectrum Disorder 1 through a large population-based analysis. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 61(9), pp. 1030-1042. (10.1111/jcpp.13203)
• Jones, C. R. G. et al. 2020. Development of the Signposting Questionnaire for Autism (SQ-A): measurement comparison with the ten item Autism spectrum quotient-child and the strengths and difficulties questionnaire in the UK and Latvia. Molecular Autism 11, article number: 64. (10.1186/s13229-020-00368-9)
• Lau, B. Y. et al. 2020. Anxiety in young people with autism spectrum disorder: Common and autism-related anxiety experiences and their associations with individual characteristics. Autism 24(5), pp. 1111-1126. (10.1177/1362361319886246)
• Ridley, E., Riby, D. M. and Leekam, S. 2020. A cross-syndrome approach to the social phenotype of neurodevelopmental disorders: Focusing on social vulnerability and social interaction style. Research in Developmental Disabilities 100, article number: 103604. (10.1016/j.ridd.2020.103604)

2019

• Carrington, S., Barrett, S., Sivagamasundari, U., Fretwell, C., Noens, I., Maljaars, J. and Leekam, S. 2019. Describing the profile of diagnostic features in autistic adults using an abbreviated version of the Diagnostic Interview for Social and Communication Disorders (DISCO-Abbreviated). Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 49(12), pp. 5036-5046. (10.1007/s10803-019-04214-7)
• Mirko Uljarević, M., Vivanti, G., Leekam, S. and Hardan, A. Y. 2019. Challenges to the social motivation theory of autism: The dangers of counteracting an imprecise theory with even more imprecision. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 42(2019), article number: e112. (10.1017/S0140525X18002339)
• Fletcher-Watson, S. et al. 2019. Making the future together: shaping autism research through meaningful participation. Autism 23(4), pp. 943-953. (10.1177/1362361318786721)
• Larkin, F., Meins, E. and Leekam, S. R. 2019. Predisposing factors for elevated restricted and repetitive behavior in typically developing toddlers. Infancy 24(1), pp. 24-42. (10.1111/infa.12264)
• Thompson, S. J., Foulsham, T., Leekam, S. R. and Jones, C. R. 2019. Attention to the face is characterised by a difficult to inhibit first fixation to the eyes. Acta Psychologica 193, pp. 229-238. (10.1016/j.actpsy.2019.01.006)

2018

• Barrett, S. L., Uljarevic, M., Jones, C. R. G. and Leekam, S. 2018. Assessing subtypes of restricted and repetitive behaviour using the Adult Repetitive Behaviour Questionnaire-2 in autistic adults. Molecular Autism 9, article number: 58. (10.1186/s13229-018-0242-4)

2017

• Joyce, C., Honey, E., Leekam, S. R., Barrett, S. L. and Rodgers, J. 2017. Anxiety, intolerance of uncertainty and restricted and repetitive behaviour: insights directly from young people with ASD. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 47(12), pp. 3789-3802. (10.1007/s10803-017-3027-2)
• Uljarevic, M. et al. 2017. Development of restricted and repetitive behaviors from 15 to 77 months: Stability of two distinct subtypes?. Developmental Psychology 53(10), pp. 1859-1868. (10.1037/dev0000324)
• Magiati, I. et al. 2017. The measurement properties of the spence children's anxiety scale-parent version in a large international pooled sample of young people with autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research 10(10), pp. 1629-1652. (10.1002/aur.1809)
• Larkin, F., Meins, E., Centifanti, L. C. M., Fernyhough, C. and Leekam, S. R. 2017. How does restricted and repetitive behavior relate to language and cognition in typical development?. Development and Psychopathology 29(3), pp. 863-874. (10.1017/S0954579416000535)
• Uljarevic, M., Richdale, A. L., Evans, D. W., Cai, R. Y. and Leekam, S. R. 2017. Interrelationship between insistence on sameness, effortful control and anxiety in adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Molecular Autism 8, article number: 36. (10.1186/s13229-017-0158-4)

2016

• Powell, G., Wass, S. V., Erichsen, J. T. and Leekam, S. R. 2016. First evidence of the feasibility of gaze-contingent attention training for school children with autism. Autism 20(8), pp. 927-937. (10.1177/1362361315617880)
• Uljarevic, M., Lane, A., Kelly, A. and Leekam, S. 2016. Sensory subtypes and anxiety in older children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research 9(10), pp. 1073-1078. (10.1002/aur.1602)
• Winn, B., Gameiro, S., Shelton, K. H. and Leekam, S. R. 2016. Conflict management in couple relationships: the experiences of individuals with Asperger syndrome and their partners. Good Autism Practice 17(2), pp. 72-80.
• Carrington, S. J. et al. 2016. Knowledge acquisition and research evidence in autism: researcher and practitioner perspectives and engagement. Research in Developmental Disabilities 51-52, pp. 126-134. (10.1016/j.ridd.2016.01.011)
• Leekam, S. R. 2016. Social cognitive impairment and autism: What are we trying to explain?. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences 371(1686), article number: 20150082. (10.1098/rstb.2015.0082)
• Uljarevic, M., Carrington, S. J. and Leekam, S. R. 2016. Brief Report: Effects of sensory sensitivity and intolerance of uncertainty on anxiety in mothers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 46(1), pp. 315-319. (10.1007/s10803-015-2557-8)

2015

• Barrett, S. L., Uljarevic, M., Baker, E. K., Richdale, A. L., Jones, C. R. G. and Leekam, S. R. 2015. The Adult Repetitive Behaviours Questionnaire-2 (RBQ-2A): a self-report measure of restricted and repetitive behaviours. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 45(11), pp. 3680-3692. (10.1007/s10803-015-2514-6)
• Carrington, S. J. et al. 2015. Signposting for diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder using the Diagnostic Interview for Social and Communication Disorders (DISCO). Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders 9, pp. 45-52. (10.1016/j.rasd.2014.10.003)

2014

• Iao, L. and Leekam, S. R. 2014. Nonspecificity and theory of mind: New evidence from a nonverbal false-sign task and children with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 122, pp. 1-20. (10.1016/j.jecp.2013.11.017)
• Carrington, S. J. et al. 2014. DSM-5 Autism Spectrum Disorder: In search of essential behaviours for diagnosis. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders 8(6), pp. 701-715. (10.1016/j.rasd.2014.03.017)
• Lidstone, J., Uljarevic, M., Kanaris, H., Mullis, J., Fasoli, L. and Leekam, S. R. 2014. Imitating the child with autism: A strategy for early intervention?. Autism-Open Access 4, article number: 124. (10.4172/2165-7890.1000124)
• Lidstone, J. et al. 2014. Relations among restricted and repetitive behaviors, anxiety and sensory features in children with autism spectrum disorders. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders 8(2), pp. 82-92. (10.1016/j.rasd.2013.10.001)

2013

• Fletcher-Watson, S., Leekam, S. R. and Findlay, J. M. 2013. Social interest in high-functioning adults with autism spectrum disorders. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities 28(4), pp. 222-229. (10.1177/1088357613480829)
• Kent, R. G. et al. 2013. Diagnosing Autism Spectrum Disorder: who will get a DSM-5 diagnosis?. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 54(11), pp. 1242-1250. (10.1111/jcpp.12085)
• Meins, E., Fernyhough, C., Arnott, B., Leekam, S. R. and de Rosnay, M. 2013. Mind-mindedness and theory of mind: Mediating roles of language and perspectival symbolic play. Child Development 84(5), pp. 1777-1790. (10.1111/cdev.12061)
• Kourkoulou, A., Kuhn, G., Findlay, J. M. and Leekam, S. R. 2013. Eye movement difficulties in Autism Spectrum Disorder: implications for implicit contextual learning. Autism Research 6(3), pp. 177-189. (10.1002/aur.1274)
• Leekam, S. R. 2013. Diagnostic interview for social and communication disorders. In: Volkmar, F. R. ed. Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Berlin: Springer

2012

• Price, M., White, L. and Leekam, S. R. 2012. Engaging members of a community in research [Letter]. Psychologist 25(12), pp. 865.
• Fletcher-Watson, S., Leekam, S. R., Connolly, B., Collis, J. M., Findlay, J. M., McConachie, H. and Rodgers, J. 2012. Attenuation of change blindness in children with autism spectrum disorders. British Journal of Developmental Psychology 30(3), pp. 446-458. (10.1111/j.2044-835X.2011.02054.x)
• Kourkoulou, A., Leekam, S. R. and Findlay, J. M. 2012. Implicit Learning of Local Context in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 42(2), pp. 244-256. (10.1007/s10803-011-1237-6)

2011

• Leekam, S. R., Prior, M. R. and Uljarevic, M. 2011. Restricted and repetitive behaviors in autism spectrum disorders: A review of research in the last decade. Psychological Bulletin 137(4), pp. 562-593. (10.1037/a0023341)
• Meins, E., Fernyhough, C., Arnott, B., Vittorini, L., Turner, M., Leekam, S. R. and Parkinson, K. 2011. Individual Differences in Infants' Joint Attention Behaviors With Mother and a New Social Partner. Infancy 16(6), pp. 587-610. (10.1111/j.1532-7078.2010.00065.x)
• Iao, L., Leekam, S. R., Perner, J. and McConachie, H. 2011. Further Evidence for Nonspecificity of Theory of Mind in Preschoolers: Training and Transferability in the Understanding of False Beliefs and False Signs. Journal of Cognition and Development 12(1), pp. 56-79. (10.1080/15248372.2011.539523)
• Meins, E., Fernyhough, C., Arnott, B., Turner, M. and Leekam, S. R. 2011. Mother- Versus Infant-Centered Correlates of Maternal Mind-Mindedness in the First Year of Life. Infancy 16(2), pp. 137-165. (10.1111/j.1532-7078.2010.00039.x)
• Kuhn, G., Tewson, L., Morpurgo, L., Freebody, S. F., Musil, A. S. and Leekam, S. R. 2011. Developmental changes in the control of saccadic eye movements in response to directional eye gaze and arrows. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 64(10), pp. 1919-1929. (10.1080/17470218.2011.592592)

2010

• Kuhn, G., Kourkoulou, A. and Leekam, S. R. 2010. How magic changes our expectations about autism. Psychological Science 21(10), pp. 1487-1493. (10.1177/0956797610383435)
• Leekam, S. R., Solomon, T. L. and Teoh, Y. 2010. Adults' social cues facilitate young children's use of signs and symbols. Developmental Science 13(1), pp. 108-119. (10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00862.x)
• Arnott, B. et al. 2010. The Frequency of Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors in a Community Sample of 15-Month-Old Infants. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics 31(3), pp. 223-229. (10.1097/DBP.0b013e3181d5a2ad)
• Kuhn, G., Benson, V., Fletcher-Watson, S., Kovshoff, H., McCormick, C. A., Kirkby, J. and Leekam, S. R. 2010. Eye movements affirm: automatic overt gaze and arrow cueing for typical adults and adults with autism spectrum disorder. Experimental Brain Research 201(2), pp. 155-165. (10.1007/s00221-009-2019-7)

2009

• Fletcher-Watson, S., Leekam, S. R., Benson, V., Frank, M. C. and Findlay, J. M. 2009. Eye-movements reveal attention to social information in autism spectrum disorder. Neuropsychologia 47(1), pp. 248-257. (10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.07.016)
• Fletcher-Watson, S., Collis, J. M., Findlay, J. M. and Leekam, S. R. 2009. The development of change blindness: children's attentional priorities whilst viewing naturalistic scenes. Developmental Science 12(3), pp. 438-445. (10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00784.x)

2008

• Leekam, S. R., Perner, J., Healey, L. and Sewell, C. 2008. False signs and the non-specificity of theory of mind: evidence that preschoolers have general difficulties in understanding representations. British Journal of Developmental Psychology 26(4), pp. 485-497. (10.1348/026151007X260154)
• Lopez, B., Leekam, S. R. and Arts, G. R. J. 2008. How central is central coherence?: Preliminary evidence on the link between conceptual and perceptual processing in children with autism. Autism 12(2), pp. 159-171. (10.1177/1362361307086662)
• Fletcher-Watson, S., Leekam, S. R., Findlay, J. M. and Stanton, E. C. 2008. Brief Report: Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder Show Normal Attention to Eye-Gaze Information - Evidence from a New Change Blindness Paradigm. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 38(9), pp. 1785-1790. (10.1007/s10803-008-0548-8)
• Fletcher-Watson, S., Findlay, J. M., Leekam, S. R. and Benson, V. 2008. Rapid detection of person information in a naturalistic scene. Perception 37(4), pp. 571-583. (10.1068/p5705)
• Perner, J. and Leekam, S. R. 2008. The curious incident of the photo that was accused of being false: Issues of domain specificity in development, autism, and brain imaging. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 61(1), pp. 76-89. (10.1080/17470210701508756)
• Kourkoulou, A., Findlay, J. M. and Leekam, S. R. 2008. Implicit memory of visual context is intact in autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) [Abstract]. Perception 37(6), pp. 961. (10.1068/pava08am)

2007

• Leekam, S. R. et al. 2007. Repetitive behaviours in typically developing 2-year-olds. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 48(11), pp. 1131-1138. (10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01778.x)
• Leekam, S. R., Nieto, C., Libby, S. J., Wing, L. and Gould, J. 2007. Describing the Sensory Abnormalities of Children and Adults with Autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 37(5), pp. 894-910. (10.1007/s10803-006-0218-7)
• Honey, E., Leekam, S. R., Turner, M. and McConachie, H. 2007. Repetitive Behaviour and Play in Typically Developing Children and Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 37(6), pp. 1107-1115. (10.1007/s10803-006-0253-4)
• Lopez, B. and Leekam, S. R. 2007. Teoría de la coherencia central: una revisión de los supuestos teóricos - Central coherence theory: A review of theoretical assumptions. Infancia y Aprendizaje 30(3), pp. 439-457. (10.1174/021037007781787462)
• Leekam, S. R. 2007. Language comprehension difficulties in children with autism spectrum disorders. In: Cain, K. and Oakhill, J. eds. Children's Comprehension Problems in Oral and Written Language: A Cognitive Perspective. Challenges in Language and Literacy Series New York, NY: Guilford Press, pp. 104-127.
• Leekam, S. R. and McGregor, E. 2007. Integrating neuro-cognitive, diagnostic and intervention perspectives in autism. In: McGregor, E. et al. eds. Autism: An Integrated View from Neurocognitive, Clinical and Intervention Research. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell

2006

• Fletcher-Watson, S., Leekam, S. R., Turner, M. A. and Moxon, L. 2006. Do people with autistic spectrum disorder show normal selection for attention? Evidence from change blindness. British Journal of Psychology 97(4), pp. 537-554. (10.1348/000712606X114057)
• Leekam, S. R. 2006. Developmental and behavioural profiles of children with autism and asperger syndrome. In: Pérez, J. M. et al. eds. New Developments in Autism: The Future is Today. London: Jessica Kingsley, pp. 236-257.
• Leekam, S. R. and Ramsden, C. A. H. 2006. Dyadic Orienting and Joint Attention in Preschool Children with Autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 36(2), pp. 185-197. (10.1007/s10803-005-0054-1)
• Coull, G. J., Leekam, S. R. and Bennett, M. R. 2006. Simplifying second-order belief attribution: what facilitates children's performance on measures of conceptual understanding?. Social Development 15(3), pp. 548-563. (10.1111/j.1467-9507.2006.00340.x)

2005

• Leekam, S. R. 2005. Why do children with autism have a joint attention impairment?. In: Eilan, N. et al. eds. Joint Attention: Communication and Other Minds: Issues in Philosophy and Psychology. Consciousness and Self-Consciousness Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 205-229.

2004

• Lopez, B., Donnelly, N., Hadwin, J. A. and Leekam, S. R. 2004. Face processing in high-functioning adolescents with autism: Evidence for weak central coherence. Visual Cognition 11(6), pp. 673-688. (10.1080/13506280344000437)
• Leekam, S. R. 2004. Reconstructing children's understanding of mind: Reflections from the study of atypical development [Letter]. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 27(1), pp. 113-114. (10.1017/S0140525X0440003X)
• Leekam, S. R. and Wyver, S. 2004. Beyond 'modalarity' and innateness: Sensory experience, social interaction and symbolic development in children with autism and blindness. In: Pring, L. ed. Autism and Blindness: Research and Reflections. Chichester: Wiley, pp. 26-49.
• Hughes, C. and Leekam, S. R. 2004. What are the links between theory of mind and social relations? Review, reflections and new directions for studies of typical and atypical development. Social Development 13(4), pp. 590-619. (10.1111/j.1467-9507.2004.00285.x)

2003

• Lopez, B. and Leekam, S. R. 2003. Do children with autism fail to process information in context?. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 44(2), pp. 285-300. (10.1111/1469-7610.00121)

2002

• Leekam, S. R. 2002. The social context of cognitive development. By Mary Gauvain. Guilford Press, London, 2001. pp. 250. £16.95 (pb). ISBN: 1-57230-610-6 [Book Review]. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 43(4), pp. 550-551. (10.1111/1469-7610.t01-11-00044)
• Leekam, S. R., Libby, S. J., Wing, L., Gould, J. and Taylor, C. 2002. The Diagnostic Interview for Social and Communication Disorders: Algorithms for ICD-10 childhood autism and Wing and Gould autistic spectrum disorder. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 43(3), pp. 327-342. (10.1111/1469-7610.00024)
• Wing, L., Leekam, S. R., Libby, S. J., Gould, J. and Larcombe, M. 2002. The Diagnostic Interview for Social and Communication Disorders: background, inter-rater reliability and clinical use. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 43(3), pp. 307-325. (10.1111/1469-7610.00023)

2000

• Leekam, S. R., Lopez, B. and Moore, C. 2000. Attention and joint attention in preschool children with autism. Developmental Psychology 36(2), pp. 261-273. (10.1037/0012-1649.36.2.261)
• Leekam, S. R., Libby, S., Wing, L., Gould, J. and Gillberg, C. 2000. Comparison of ICD-10 and Gillberg's Criteria for Asperger Syndrome. Autism 4(1), pp. 11-28. (10.1177/1362361300004001002)

1998

• Eisenmajer, R., Prior, M., Leekam, S. R., Wing, L., Ong, B., Gould, J. and Welham, M. 1998. Delayed language onset as a predictor of clinical symptoms in pervasive developmental disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 28(6), pp. 527-533. (10.1023/A:1026004212375)
• Prior, M., Leekam, S. R., Ong, B., Eisenmajer, R., Wing, L., Gould, J. and Dowe, D. 1998. Are there subgroups within the autistic spectrum? A cluster analysis of a group of children with autistic spectrum disorders. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 39(6), pp. 893-902. (10.1111/1469-7610.00389)
• Leekam, S. R., Hunnisett, E. and Moore, C. 1998. Targets and cues: gaze-following in children with autism. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 39(7), pp. 951-962. (10.1111/1469-7610.00398)

1997

• Leekam, S. R., Baron-Cohen, S., Perrett, D., Milders, M. and Brown, S. 1997. Eye-direction detection: A dissociation between geometric and joint attention skills in autism. British Journal of Developmental Psychology 15(1), pp. 77-95. (10.1111/j.2044-835X.1997.tb00726.x)

1996

• Eisenmajer, R., Prior, M., Leekam, S. R., Wing, L., Gould, J., Welham, M. and Ong, B. 1996. Comparison of clinical symptoms in Autism and Asperger's Disorder. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 35(11), pp. 1523-1531. (10.1097/00004583-199611000-00022)