[HTML][HTML] Loneliness in autism and its association with anxiety and depression: A systematic review with meta-analyses

R Hymas, JC Badcock, E Milne - Review Journal of Autism and …, 2022 - Springer
Loneliness in Autism and Its Association with Anxiety and Depression: A Systematic Review
with Meta-Analyses | Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Skip to main …

Is social camouflaging associated with anxiety and depression in autistic adults?

L Hull, L Levy, MC Lai, KV Petrides, S Baron-Cohen… - Molecular autism, 2021 - Springer
Background There is inconsistent evidence for a clear pattern of association between
'camouflaging'(strategies used to mask and/or compensate for autism characteristics during …

[HTML][HTML] How is psychological wellbeing experienced by autistic women? Challenges and protective factors: A meta-synthesis

N Yau, S Anderson, IC Smith - Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Autistic women are at higher risks of experiencing mental health difficulties and
suicidal behaviours than the general population. However, there are barriers to diagnostic …

Sex differences in mental health problems and psychiatric hospitalization in autistic young adults

MI Martini, R Kuja-Halkola, A Butwicka… - JAMA …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Psychiatric disorders are common among autistic children and adults. Little is
known about sex differences in psychiatric disorders and hospitalization in early adulthood …

The impact of early stages of COVID-19 on the mental health of autistic adults in the United Kingdom: A longitudinal mixed-methods study

R Bundy, W Mandy, L Crane, H Belcher, L Bourne… - …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
We used mixed methods to learn about the nature and drivers of mental health changes
among autistic adults in the United Kingdom during the early stages of the COVID-19 …

The quest for acceptance: A blog-based study of autistic women's experiences and well-being during autism identification and diagnosis

M Harmens, F Sedgewick, H Hobson - Autism in Adulthood, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Background: Although studies have found that autism is underdiagnosed in women and that
autistic women have poorer well-being outcomes than men, less is known about autistic …

Testing the social motivation theory of autism: the role of co‐occurring anxiety

E Bagg, H Pickard, M Tan, TJ Smith… - Journal of Child …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background The Social Motivation Theory proposes that social reward processing
differences underlie autism. However, low social motivation has also been linked to higher …

The indirect effect of self-compassion in the association between autistic traits and anxiety/depression: A cross-sectional study in autistic and non-autistic adults

J Galvin, G Richards - Autism, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This study followed a pre-registered analysis plan with the aim to investigate whether autistic
traits and self-compassion are correlated in autistic adults, and to test an indirect effect of …

Gender, assigned sex at birth, and gender diversity: Windows into diagnostic timing disparities in autism

GA McQuaid, AB Ratto, A Jack, A Khuu, JV Smith… - …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Later autism diagnosis is associated with increased mental health risks. Understanding
disparities in diagnostic timing is important to reduce psychiatric burden for autistic people …

Eating problems in autistic females and males: a co-twin control study

K Lundin Remnélius, J Neufeld, J Isaksson… - Journal of autism and …, 2022 - Springer
This study investigated the association between autism and self-reported eating problems
and the influence of gender on the association, in a sample of adolescent and adult twins …