Lacey Chetcuti, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate in the Child Study CenterAbout
Research
Publications
2025
Advancing 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, 1-11. 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 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 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 diversityGazefinderFactor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the Child Social Preference Scale‐3 in Children With Autism
Chetcuti L, Hardan A, Spackman E, Baker E, Frazier T, Uljarevic M. Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the Child Social Preference Scale‐3 in Children With Autism. Autism Research 2025, 18: 1389-1396. PMID: 40415716, DOI: 10.1002/aur.70059.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutism spectrum disorderGeneral factorFactor structurePsychometric propertiesChild Social Preference ScaleSocial disengagementAdequate internal consistencyPatterns of associationAvoidance motivationBifactor modelSpectrum disorderAutism populationSocial behaviorAutismInternal consistencySubscalesPreference ScaleScale 3Clinical correlatesSocial engagementDisengagementGeneral populationChildrenSex subgroupsBifactorShaping the future of autism care: the need for a precision medicine approach
Uljarević M, Chetcuti L, Loth E, Whitehouse A, Krueger R. Shaping the future of autism care: the need for a precision medicine approach. World Psychiatry 2025, 24: 280-282. PMID: 40371774, PMCID: PMC12079381, DOI: 10.1002/wps.21327.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCharacterizing predictors of response to behavioral interventions for children with autism spectrum disorder: A meta-analytic approach
Chetcuti L, Uljarević M, Schuck R, Hardan A, Gengoux G, Trembath D, Vadgama Y, Varcin K, Vivanti G, Whitehouse A, Helton M, Frazier T. Characterizing predictors of response to behavioral interventions for children with autism spectrum disorder: A meta-analytic approach. Clinical Psychology Review 2025, 119: 102588. PMID: 40347530, DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2025.102588.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-intervention outcomesBehavioral interventionsOutcomes of behavioral interventionsIntervention approachesAutism-related featuresAutism spectrum disorderIndependent effect sizesMeta-analytic approachSpectrum disorderAdaptive functioningResponses of childrenAutism spectrumAssociated with outcomeAutismPost-intervention effectsIntervention onsetEffect sizeFamily characteristicsIntervention design factorsChild ageIntervention modelPolicy levelPolicy decisionsMeta-analysisChildrenThe autism phenotype and transdiagnostic dimensional frameworks
Chetcuti L, Spackman E, Frazier T, Whitehouse A, Uljarević M. The autism phenotype and transdiagnostic dimensional frameworks. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 2025, 67: 1130-1136. PMID: 40126448, DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.16303.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiagnostic conceptualizationHierarchical Taxonomy of PsychopathologyHierarchical taxonomyResearch Domain CriteriaTaxonomy of PsychopathologyDiagnostic classification systemsConceptualization of autismAssociated with autismSymptom overlapDimensional alternativesDiagnostic categoriesEmpirical attentionCategorical approachAutismWell-beingIndividual variationResearch findingsPsychopathologyClinical decision-makingHealth plansClinical practiceClinical careComplex clinical conditionsSymptomsResearchParsing the heterogeneity of social motivation in autism
Chetcuti L, Hardan A, Spackman E, Loth E, McPartland J, Frazier T, Youngstrom E, Uljarevic M. Parsing the heterogeneity of social motivation in autism. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2025, 66: 1376-1389. PMID: 40091308, PMCID: PMC12353203, DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.14147.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCo-occurring psychopathologySocial motivationSocial functioningFactor analysis of symptomsNature of deficitsHealthy Brain NetworkLatent profile analysisSubgroup of autismDiagnostic boundariesAutism phenotypeCognitive abilitiesAnalysis of symptomsBrain networksScreening measuresAutismMild challengeSubgroup differencesPsychopathologyChronological ageTailored interventionsDeficitsProfile analysisMotivationAnalysis of varianceNormative benchmarkIdentifying Reliable Change in Outcome Assessments for Behavioral Interventions
Frazier T, Helton M, Akouri C, Chetcuti L, Uljarevic M. Identifying Reliable Change in Outcome Assessments for Behavioral Interventions. Behavioral Interventions 2025, 40 DOI: 10.1002/bin.70007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBehavioral interventionsReliable change indexIndividual-level changeSymptom reductionBehavioral presentationChange indexReliability changesOutcome assessmentGroup-level benefitsChanging normsInterventionSkillsSkill improvementClinical managementClinical management decisionsEvaluation toolSymptomsAssessment