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Self-compassion, camouflaging, and mental health in autistic adults
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Galvin, John, Aguolu, Patricia, Amos, Alice, Bayne, Fran, Hamza, Fatimah and Alcock, Louisa (2024) Self-compassion, camouflaging, and mental health in autistic adults. Autism in Adulthood . doi:10.1089/aut.2023.0110 ISSN 2573-959X. (In Press)
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2023.0110
Abstract
Background: Previous research shows that symptoms of anxiety and depression are positively correlated with camouflaging and negatively correlated with self-compassion in autistic adults. However, no study to date has considered the inter-relationships between autistic traits, camouflaging, self-compassion, and mental health in autistic adults.
Methods: In this study, autistic adults (n = 294) completed demographics (sex, age, and ethnicity), the Autism Spectrum Quotient, the Camouflaging Autistic Traits-Questionnaire, the Self-Compassion Scale, the General- ized Anxiety Disorder-7 Scale, the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 and the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale. Results: We found a negative correlation between social camouflaging and self-compassion (rpartial = -0.483, p < 0.001). Serial mediation analyses revealed that camouflaging and self-compassion may indirectly influence the association between autistic traits and mental health outcomes both independently and through each other. Conclusions: The findings of this research provide greater insight into the mental health experiences of autistic adults and can inform the development of tailored interventions that target camouflaging and self-compassion.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Autism in Adulthood | ||||||||
Publisher: | Mary Ann Liebert Inc | ||||||||
ISSN: | 2573-959X | ||||||||
Official Date: | 2024 | ||||||||
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DOI: | 10.1089/aut.2023.0110 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | In Press | ||||||||
Re-use Statement: | This is the accepted version of the following article: Galvin, John, Aguolu, Patricia, Amos, Alice, Bayne, Fran, Hamza, Fatimah and Alcock, Louisa (2024) Self-compassion, camouflaging, and mental health in autistic adults. Autism in Adulthood which has now been formally published in final form at Autism in Adulthood http://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2023.0110 This original submission version of the article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with the Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers’ self-archiving terms and conditions. | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Copyright Holders: | Copyright 2024, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 9 April 2024 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 9 April 2024 |
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