The phrase "affective problems" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to psychology, mental health, or emotional issues, referring to difficulties related to emotions or mood.
Example: "The patient was diagnosed with affective problems that impacted their daily functioning and relationships."
Alternatives: "emotional issues" or "mood disorders".
But there is something much more selective about the affective problems in autism; there is by no means an over-all flatness or blandness, despite Temple's comments about the "emotion circuits," or amygdala.
The rationality I suggest however has to include also the cognitive and affective problems that arise when novelty appears.
In the prediction of affective problems at T1 and T2, a secondary correction for baseline affective problems was performed.
This may suggest a time lag in the prediction of affective problems and may suggest that impaired response inhibition in early adolescence is a prodromal factor for affective problems in late adolescence and not for affective problems in early adolescence.
Remarkably, response inhibition did not predict affective problems in girls after 2.5 years but strongly predicted affective problems after 5 years.
For boys the clinical cut-off score correspondents with 5 (CBCL affective problems), 4 (CBCL anxiety problems), 8 (YSR affective problems) and 6 (YSR anxiety problems) or higher.
For girls the clinical cut-off score correspondents with 5 (CBCL affective problems), 5 (CBCL anxiety problems), 10 (YSR affective problems) and 7 (YSR anxiety problems or higher.
The question arises whether neurocognitive functions associated with affective problems are specific to affective problems or related to psychiatric problems in general.
The influences of neurocognitive variables on affective problems were analyzed in separate regression models.
Therefore, response time variability may be a risk factor in the causal pathway of affective problems.
These affective problems include changes in sleeping and eating patterns, feeling worthless and having suicidal ideations.
