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1. New Research Poster Session 1 Results: In youth with ASD, a signicant positive correlation was found be-
2. New Research Poster Session 2 tween social media use and friendship quality (r 0.343, P < 0.05), which was
3. New Research Poster Session 3 consistent with our hypothesis. Furthermore, overall anxiety symptoms were
4. New Research Poster Session 4 correlated with a degree of anxiety experienced during social media use
5. New Research Poster Session 5 (r 0.432, P < 0.05). By contrast, in nonASD clinical control subjects, there
6. New Research Poster Session 6 was a signicant positive correlation between cell phone use and friendship
NEW RESEARCH POSTER SESSION 1
1.1 UNDERLYING MECHANISMS OF PERCEIVED
SOCIAL STATUS AND NEGATIVE AFFECT IN
ADOLESCENTS
Carolina Vidal, MD, MPH, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
Johns Hopkins University, 1800 Orleans St, Baltimore, MD;
Lawrence Wissow, MD, MPH
Objectives: Previous research has demonstrated a relationship between
higher social status and better health outcomes. This relationship is consis-
tent even at higher levels of socioeconomic status, suggesting that social
hierarchy matters even when basic needs are covered. Research suggests
that subjective beliefs about ones social status can be related more strongly
to overall health than objective measures, which may not capture subtle
aspects of social status. The purpose of this study is to describe the mech-
anisms of the association between perceived social status and negative affect
in adolescents in outpatient settings.
Methods: This is a grounded theory qualitative research study. A total of 30
participants were recruited from outpatient centers (day hospital psychiatric
program, community mental health clinic, and general pediatricians ofces),
and face-to-face interviews were conducted in English and Spanish. Voice
recordings were used, and the transcriptions were analyzed.
Results: General themes described include psychological and environmental
contributors to the perception of social status and their impact on negative
affect. Psychological contributors to the process included the use of different
coping styles and locus of control. Learned helplessness is a recurrent theme
as teenagers can perceive deprivation but view themselves as limited in their
ability to problem solve. Environmental factors include comparisons with
school peers, friends in the neighborhood, and the structure of the family.
Furthermore, differences in gender were found.
Conclusions: These ndings have implications on psychotherapy and pre-
vention. Furthermore, the discussion of ones social status with a provider
appears to have benet for adolescents well-being and sense of
empowerment.
CBT DDD STRESS
Supported by the AACAP Pilot Research Award for Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry Residents and Junior Faculty, Supported by AACAPs
Endowment
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2016.09.002
1.2 SOCIAL MEDIA USE IMPROVES FRIENDSHIP
QUALITY IN ADOLESCENTS WITH AUTISM
SPECTRUM DISORDER
Gerrit Ian van Schalkwyk, MBChB, Child Study Center, Yale
University, PO Box 207900, 230 S Frontage Rd, New Haven, CT
06405-7900; Mayra Ortiz-Lopez, BA; Fred R. Volkmar, MD; Wendy
K. Silverman, PhD
Objectives: The consequences of social media use on peer relationships and
other psychosocial outcomes are increasingly recognized to be heteroge-
neous, and the need to study specic subgroups and outcomes has been
highlighted. Youth with ASD likely represent a unique subgroup because of
the nature of their social difculties. This study reports on the social media
experience of youth with ASD and its relationship to friendship quality and
social anxiety.
Methods: Youth with ASD and age-matched clinical control subjects partici-
pated in a cross-sectional study involving the administration of the following:
Multimodal Anxiety Scale Children (MASC-2, parent and child); the Friendship
Questionnaire; and a newly created measure, the Social Media Experience
Scale, which was created for this study. Here, we report on participants
enrolled in the rst wave of recruitment (N 69).
quality (r 0.522, P < 0.05).
Conclusions: Our preliminary data suggest that social media use may have
benets in improving friendship quality in youth with ASD, although those
who experience anxiety in other contexts are likely to experience online
anxiety as well.
ANX ASD COMP
Supported by the AACAP Pilot Research Award, Supported by Pzer and
PhRMA
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2016.09.003
1.3 PHENOTYPE OF TERM VS. PRETERM CHILDREN
IN THE AUTISM TREATMENT NETWORK
DATABASE
Allison Salk, BA, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,
50 E 98th St, Apt 11I-4, New York, NY 10029-6552;
Alexander Kolevzon, MD; Cristina Farrell, MD
Objectives: It is increasingly recognized that children born preterm may have
a higher risk of developing ASD and that their presentation may differ from
children born full-term with ASD. Premature infants are known to have a
higher rate of perceptual and motor differences; therefore, it is plausible that
these differences account for their higher risk of adverse neurodevelopmental
and behavioral outcomes. However, there is no large-scale analysis of ASD in
preterm survivors, including in-depth phenotypic data. This study presents a
detailed comparison of the neurobehavioral phenotype of ASD in preterm
versus full-term children in the Autism Treatment Network (ATN) database.
Methods: The ATN consists of 14 sites in the United States and Canada that
collect data on patients with ASD. Patients were included with the absence of
a known genetic condition and the presence of recorded gestational age (GA)
and phenotypic presentation. We obtained descriptive statistics comparing
1,480 subjects with GA subcategories: <28 weeks (n 21), 28 to <32 weeks
(n 25), 32 to <37 weeks (n 226), and 37 weeks (n 1,208). We con-
ducted a series of ANOVA to identify correlations between GA and parent-
reported Child Behavioral Checklist (CBCL), Vineland Adaptive Behavior
Scales (VABS), and Short Sensory Prole (SSP) scores.
Results: There were no signicant demographic or socioeconomic differ-
ences between GA categories. Patients with GA <28 weeks had signicantly
worse scores than the other GA categories in the following outcome mea-
sures: CBCL (withdrawn, P < 0.001; pervasive developmental problems,
P 0.008), VABS (daily living skills, P 0.044; socialization, P 0.007; gross
motor skills, P 0.011; motor skills, P 0.013; adaptive behavior composite,
P 0.003), and SSP (movement sensitivity, P 0.017; low energy/weak,
P 0.017; total sensory score, P 0.04).
Conclusions: Our study provides an in-depth phenotypic comparison to
create a more complete and accurate picture of ASD in preterm children.
This study suggests that those with a history of extreme prematurity may
present with a unique neurobehavioral and sensory-motor prole. Further
research is needed to create targeted prognostic and diagnostic treatment
models for premature patients.
ASD INF ND
Supported by the AACAP Summer Medical Student Fellowship,
Supported by the Campaign for Americas Kids (CFAK)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2016.09.004
1.4 SOCIAL INFORMATION PROCESSING IN
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER
Diana J. Back, BS, University of Minnesota, 325 Harvard St SE,
Minneapolis, MN 55414; Sunday M. Francis, PhD;
Emma Skankland, BS; Lucinda H. Wasserburg, BA;
Suma Jacob, MD, PhD
Objectives: Social information processing encompasses many behaviors,
including emotion recognition. For normal social interactions and effective
communication, the ability to collect relevant information from faces and
correctly interpret facial expressions in real time is crucial. Common errors

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