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Motofumi Sumiya; Atsushi Senju – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Previous studies have reported that people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have higher levels of loneliness than neurotypical (NTP) people, most likely because of their difficulties in social communication with their predominantly NTP peers. However, direct investigations on the causal influence of friendship on their feelings of loneliness is…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Adolescents, Psychological Patterns, Friendship
Julia Wynn; Anna Karlsen; Benjamin Huber; Alina Levine; Amanie Salem; L. Casey White; Marti Luby; Ekaterina Bezborodko; Sabrina Xiao; Wendy K. Chung; Robert L. Klitzman; Paul S. Appelbaum – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Genetic testing is recommended as part of an autism assessment, and most parents support genetic testing for their minor children. However, the impact on parents of receiving a monogenetic/ copy number variant diagnosis for autism in their child is not well understood. To explore this, we surveyed and interviewed parents of children in the SPARK…
Descriptors: Genetics, Screening Tests, Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship
Marta Marcilla-Jorda; Catarina Grande; Vera Coelho; César Rubio-Belmonte; Micaela Moro-Ipola – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by impairments in many functional areas requiring long-term interventions to promote autonomy. This study aims to map The Sensory Profile™ 2 (SP-2), one of the most widely used assessment tools in children with ASD, with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health for…
Descriptors: Sensory Experience, Profiles, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Classification
Marija Ljubicic; Sonja Šare; Ivana Kolcic – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Background: Sleep deprivation can decrease parental well-being and degrade mental and physical health in parents of children with chronic illness. The aim of this study was to explore the associations of sleep quality, psychological stress perception, and evening salivary cortisol concentration with self-esteem, optimism and happiness in parents…
Descriptors: Sleep, Physiology, Developmental Disabilities, Diabetes
Rosa Sahuquillo-Leal; Manuel Perea; Alba Moreno-Giménez; Ladislao Salmerón; Julia Andreu; Diana Pons; Máximo Vento; Ana García-Blanco – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
A core feature of Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC) is the presence of difficulties in social interactions. This can be explained by an atypical attentional processing of social information: individuals with ASC may show problems with orienting attention to socially relevant stimuli and/or inhibiting their attentional responses to irrelevant ones.…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Emotional Response, Interpersonal Competence, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Yeju Lin; David Mason; Colette Hirsch; Francesca Happé – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Previous research has indicated that autistic individuals report lower quality of life (QoL) than non-autistic people. It is unclear whether it is the autism traits themselves or co-occurring thinking styles or mental health difficulties that most impair QoL. This study tested a hypothesised model to explore how 'intolerance of uncertainty' (IU),…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Quality of Life, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Emotional Response
Lorna Camus; Kirsty Jones; Emily O'Dowd; Bonnie Auyeung; Gnanathusharan Rajendran; Mary Elizabeth Stewart – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Higher rates of depression and of depressed mood are associated with autistic traits, and both are associated with social interaction factors, such as social self-efficacy, social motivation and loneliness. This study examined whether these social factors explain the association between autistic traits and depression. 658 participants (527 women)…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Depression (Psychology), Predictor Variables
Jessie B. Northrup; Carla A. Mazefsky; Taylor N. Day – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Purpose: Differences in emotional experience and expression have long been recognized as common in the presentation of autism, yet research examining emotional expression in early childhood is limited, with mixed findings. Understanding emotional reactivity and expression in autism in early life is an essential step towards uncovering the…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Toddlers, Emotional Response, Screening Tests
Jina Chun; Sarah L. Curtiss; Constance Richard; Kaiqi Zhou; Yazmin Castruita Rios; Sara Park; Jaeyong Kim; Muharrem Koc – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
The post-secondary transition for autistic youth is a complex process, with hopes and expectations serving as malleable mediators often overlooked in research and practice. Career awareness, exploration, and counseling services play a critical role in facilitating vocational transition, but the vocational hopes and expectations of autistic youth…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Expectation, Career Planning, Transitional Programs
Yanru Chen; Laudan B. Jahromi – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Children with autism spectrum disorder often demonstrate self-regulation challenges and academic difficulties. Although self-regulation has been well documented as an important factor for academic achievement in neurotypical children, little is known about how it is related to academic learning in autistic children, especially during preschool, a…
Descriptors: Self Management, Learning Processes, Preschool Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Julie Lounds Taylor; Virginia Sullivan; Somer L. Bishop; Shuting Zheng; Ryan E. Adams – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Purpose: Social experiences are consistently associated with psychological health among autistic individuals. However, most extant studies on this topic exclude individuals with autism who have lower IQ or are otherwise unable to self-report. The current study addresses this gap by examining associations of negative peer experiences and social…
Descriptors: Social Experience, Interpersonal Competence, Mental Health, Psychological Patterns