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Perceptions of the Future in Adolescence Predict Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence and Early and Middle Adulthood
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Allemand, Mathias; Fend, Helmut A.; Hill, Patrick L. – Developmental Psychology, 2022
The current longitudinal study examined the predictive associations between the development of future perceptions in adolescence and depressive symptoms in adolescence and early and middle adulthood. Participants (N = 1,527; 48.3% female; broadly representative of Western Germany with respect to race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status) were…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Adults, Foreign Countries
Alexithymic and Autistic Traits: Relevance for Comorbid Depression and Social Phobia in Adults with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Albantakis, Laura; Brandi, Marie-Luise; Zillekens, Imme Christina; Henco, Lara; Weindel, Leonie; Thaler, Hanna; Schliephake, Lena; Timmermans, Bert; Schilbach, Leonhard – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
High alexithymic traits and psychiatric comorbidities such as depression and social phobia are frequently observed among adults with autism spectrum disorder. In this study, we tested whether alexithymic and/or autistic traits are risk factors for depressive and social phobic symptoms in adults with autism spectrum disorder (n = 122), patients…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Adults
Testing the Vulnerability and Scar Models of Self-Esteem and Depressive Symptoms from Adolescence to Middle Adulthood and across Generations
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Steiger, Andrea E.; Fend, Helmut A.; Allemand, Mathias – Developmental Psychology, 2015
The vulnerability model states that low self-esteem functions as a predictor for the development of depressive symptoms whereas the scar model assumes that these symptoms leave scars in individuals resulting in lower self-esteem. Both models have received empirical support, however, they have only been tested within individuals and not across…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, At Risk Students, Predictor Variables, Depression (Psychology)
Shall We Do This Together? Social Gaze Influences Action Control in a Comparison Group, but Not in Individuals with High-Functioning Autism
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Schilbach, Leonhard; Eickhoff, Simon B.; Cieslik, Edna C.; Kuzmanovic, Bojana; Vogeley, Kai – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2012
Perceiving someone else's gaze shift toward an object can influence how this object will be manipulated by the observer, suggesting a modulatory effect of a gaze-based social context on action control. High-functioning autism (HFA) is characterized by impairments of social interaction, which may be associated with an inability to automatically…
Descriptors: Cues, Reaction Time, Autism, Social Cognition