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Caina Liu,1,* Qingqing Zhang,1,2,* Yiming Liu,1 Zixu Wang,1 Fangchen Chen,1 Yitian Li,1 Yami Zhao,1 Jing Zhu,1 Dandan Li,1,3– 5 Chunyan Zhu1– 4,6 1School of Mental Health and Psychological Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, People’s Republic of China; 2Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, Hefei, 230000, People’s Republic of China; 3Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Cognition and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Hefei, 230032, People’s Republic of China; 4Collaborative Innovation Center of Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Mental Health, Hefei, 230032, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, People’s Republic of China; 6Department of Psychology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230601, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Dandan Li; Chunyan Zhu, Email 799200213@qq.com; ayswallow@126.comPurpose: Higher rates of depression are associated with autistic traits; however, the precise association between autistic traits and depression has yet to be fully elucidated. Good interpersonal emotional regulation and social self-efficacy are crucial for mental health; therefore, in this study, we investigated the relationships between autistic traits, interpersonal emotional regulation, social self-efficacy, and depression.Patients and Methods: In total, 1024 participants (613 females and 411 males) aged 16 to 23 years old (M = 19.03, SD = 0.95) completed questionnaires that were designed to evaluate their autistic traits, interpersonal emotion regulation, social self-efficacy and depression. Data were analyzed by Spearman correlation and mediation effects analyses.Results: Autistic traits were significantly and positively correlated with depression (r = 0.39, p < 0.001), and autistic traits were shown to positively predict depression (B = 0.28, p < 0.001). Interpersonal emotion regulation and social self-efficacy were found to play a serial mediating role between autistic traits and depression (indirect effect = 0.020, p = 0.006).Conclusion: This study is a supplement to the mechanism of the relationship between autistic traits and depression. Interpersonal emotion regulation and social self-efficacy are important predictors of possible depression in individuals with high autistic traits. These findings suggest combining interpersonal emotional regulation training and exploring the clinical value of interpersonal emotional regulation interventions in individuals with high autistic traits and autism spectrum disorder, aiming to build social confidence, reduce negative moods, restore social functioning, and other aspects.Keywords: autistic traits, depression, interpersonal emotion regulation, social self-efficacy, chain mediation |
