Lacey Chetcuti, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate in the Child Study CenterAbout
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2026
Are Differences in Social Drive in Childhood and Adolescence Diagnosis Specific? A Multimeasurement Subtyping Approach
Chetcuti L, Hardan A, Spackman E, Loth E, McPartland J, Frazier T, Youngstrom E, Krueger R, Uljarević M. Are Differences in Social Drive in Childhood and Adolescence Diagnosis Specific? A Multimeasurement Subtyping Approach. JAACAP Open 2026, 4: 268-280. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaacop.2025.12.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDisorder-specific modelsHealthy Brain NetworkSocial driveSocial reticenceDiagnostic boundariesPsychiatric diagnosisPsychiatric disordersBrain networksSocial functioningObsessive-compulsive disorderOppositional defiant/conduct disorderAttention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderLatent profile analysisAutism spectrum disorderTransdiagnostic frameworkTransdiagnostic approachAnxiety disordersDepressive disorderAttention-deficit/hyperactivityAdolescent diagnosisNeuropsychiatric conditionsTic disordersSpectrum disorderNeuropsychiatric diagnosesSocial skillsCorrection: Preferences for Identity-First and Person-First Language: A Systematic Review of Research with Autistic Adults/Adults with Autism
Schuck R, Chetcuti L, Dwyer P, Milosavljevic K, Bury S, Hedley D, Begeer S, Vivanti G, Uljarevic M. Correction: Preferences for Identity-First and Person-First Language: A Systematic Review of Research with Autistic Adults/Adults with Autism. Journal Of Autism And Developmental Disorders 2026, 56: 1281-1281. PMID: 41575712, DOI: 10.1007/s10803-026-07222-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFactor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the BIS/BAS Scales in Children and Adolescents With Autism
Chetcuti L, Hardan A, Spackman E, Smillie L, Frazier T, Uljarevic M. Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the BIS/BAS Scales in Children and Adolescents With Autism. Autism Research 2026, 19: e70171. PMID: 41492661, DOI: 10.1002/aur.70171.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBIS/BAS scalesPsychometrically sound measureFactor structureMeasurement invariancePsychometric propertiesAutistic youthBAS-Reward ResponsivenessBehavioral activation systemBehavioral inhibition systemMeasures of rewardNon-clinical populationsSample of childrenBAS dimensionsBAS-DriveBAS-FunPunishment sensitivityResponse inhibitionInhibition systemBIS/BASIndividual differencesAutism featuresDivergent validityGeneral factorAutistic populationEmotional problems
2025
Preferences for Identity-First and Person-First Language: A Systematic Review of Research With Autistic Adults/Adults With Autism
Schuck R, Chetcuti L, Dwyer P, Milosavljevic K, Bury S, Hedley D, Begeer S, Vivanti G, Uljarevic M. Preferences for Identity-First and Person-First Language: A Systematic Review of Research With Autistic Adults/Adults With Autism. Journal Of Autism And Developmental Disorders 2025, 1-15. PMID: 41389164, DOI: 10.1007/s10803-025-07174-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProcesses Associated with the Development of Depression in Autistic Individuals: A Narrative Review
Wallenberger Y, Uljarevic M, Chetcuti L, Putnam S. Processes Associated with the Development of Depression in Autistic Individuals: A Narrative Review. Healthcare 2025, 13: 3112. PMID: 41373329, PMCID: PMC12692341, DOI: 10.3390/healthcare13233112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAutistic individualsMental health challengesMaintenance of depressionCore autism featuresSeverity of depressionDevelopment of depressionNon-autistic populationRates of depressionHigher rates of depressionDepressive disorderPrevalence of depressionAutism featuresEmotional experienceDepressionAutismNegative outcomesNarrative reviewElevated ratesDiagnostic criteriaConceptual integrationHealth challengesHigher RatesIndividualsConceptual considerationsClinical practiceFactor Structure of the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children in a Cohort of Youth With Autism
Baker E, Spackman E, Chetcuti L, Richdale A, Hallmayer J, Gradisar M, Hardan A, Uljarević M. Factor Structure of the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children in a Cohort of Youth With Autism. Autism Research 2025, 19: e70140. PMID: 41250928, DOI: 10.1002/aur.70140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFactor structureSleep Disturbance ScaleAutistic youthSleep-wake transition disordersExploratory structural equation modelingSleep disturbanceDisturbance ScaleFive-factor solutionPatterns of associationDisorders of excessive somnolenceDisorders of arousalExternalizing behaviorsStructural equation modelingAutistic individualsFactor solutionAutism researchAutismSleep subscaleCohort of youthSleep problemsPoor sleepDisordersSleep phenotypesUnder-identifiedExcessive somnolenceAdvancing scientific understanding of the drive to socially engage: from broad constructs to transdiagnostic ‘building blocks’
Chetcuti L, Hardan A, Frazier T, Loth E, McPartland J, Youngstrom E, Uljarevic M. Advancing scientific understanding of the drive to socially engage: from broad constructs to transdiagnostic ‘building blocks’. Molecular Psychiatry 2025, 31: 599-609. PMID: 40858780, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-025-03185-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMaximizing accurate detection of divergence from normative expectation in behavioral intervention outcome assessment
Frazier T, Huba K, Frazier A, Womack R, Youngstrom E, Chetcuti L, Hardan A, Uljarevic M. Maximizing accurate detection of divergence from normative expectation in behavioral intervention outcome assessment. Research In Autism Spectrum Disorders 2025, 126: 202646. DOI: 10.1016/j.reia.2025.202646.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAutism spectrum disorderDevelopmental trajectoriesBehavioral interventionsDevelopmental trajectories of individualsAge trendsSymptom reductionOutcome assessmentNormative expectationsSpectrum disorderDevelopmental trendsNeurodevelopmental conditionsNormative dataIntervention contextSkill domainsTrajectories of individualsGroup levelAccurate performanceSymptomsOutcome measuresSkill developmentInterventionAutismSkillsLegacy instrumentsIndividualsTransdiagnostic Examination of Interrelationships Between Anxiety, Insistence on Sameness and Compulsions
Spackman E, Chetcuti L, Baker E, Ferguson E, Yerys B, Herrington J, Frazier T, Leekam S, Hardan A, Harrington J, Uljarević M. Transdiagnostic Examination of Interrelationships Between Anxiety, Insistence on Sameness and Compulsions. Autism Research 2025, 18: 1991-1998. PMID: 40878890, DOI: 10.1002/aur.70096.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchObsessive-compulsive disorderTransdiagnostic natureScreen for Child Anxiety Related DisordersRepetitive Behavior Scale-RevisedAttention-deficit hyperactivity disorderOppositional defiant/conduct disorderAnxiety Related DisordersSample of childrenPatterns of associationTransdiagnostic sampleODD/CD groupADHD groupInternalizing disordersHyperactivity disorderBetween-group comparisonsSingular disordersScale-RevisedWithin-group comparisonsDiagnostic groupsCompulsionAnxietyAutismEffect sizeDisordersBetween-groupAccuracy of a 2-minute eye-tracking assessment to differentiate young children with and without autism
Hudry K, Chetcuti L, Tan D, Clark A, Aulich A, Bent C, Green C, Smith J, Fordyce K, Ninomiya M, Saito A, Hakoshima S, Whitehouse A. Accuracy of a 2-minute eye-tracking assessment to differentiate young children with and without autism. Molecular Autism 2025, 16: 36. PMID: 40640958, PMCID: PMC12247230, DOI: 10.1186/s13229-025-00670-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-autistic childrenAutism assessmentAutistic childrenNon-autismGaze fixation durationFixation durationParent-report measuresWithin-group heterogeneityEye-tracking assessmentAutism groupCommunity sampleDevelopmental disabilitiesAutism featuresNon-autism groupFace presentationAutismEye trackingThreshold scoreIndependent replicationYoung childrenOverall trackingChildren groupStimuliSocio-demographic diversityGazefinder
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