What Are You Worried About? Content and Extent of Worry in Autistic Adults.

Autor: Black MH; Center of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND), Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet & Stockholm Health Care Services, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden. Melissa.black@ki.se.; Curtin School of Allied Health, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia. Melissa.black@ki.se., Greenwood DL; Curtin School of Allied Health, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia., Hwa JCC; Curtin School of Allied Health, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia., Pivac J; Curtin School of Allied Health, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia., Tang J; Curtin School of Allied Health, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia., Clarke PJF; enAble Institute, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia.; Cognition and Emotion Research Group, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of autism and developmental disorders [J Autism Dev Disord] 2024 May; Vol. 54 (5), pp. 2040-2054. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Mar 29.
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-023-05963-2
Abstrakt: Autistic adults commonly experience anxiety and worry, although knowledge on how worry presents and the content, extent, and experiences among autistic adults is limited. A convergent parallel mixed-methods approach was used to explore the presentation and experiences of worry in autistic and non-autistic adults. Quantitative surveys were used to compare the content and extent of worry in autistic adults to non-autistic adults, with semi-structured interviews also conducted with autistic adults to gain a deeper understanding of the experiences, impacts and content of worry in autistic adults. Findings indicated that autistic adults demonstrated clinically significant levels of worry which were substantially higher than non-autistic adults. Autistic adults described worry as a cycle of negative thoughts impacting their daily life. Findings indicate that autistic adults may worry more than non-autistic adults, impacting on participation in activities of daily living, sleep, and mental health.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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