ArticleChild abuse & neglect2015
Association of autistic traits in adulthood with childhood abuse, interpersonal victimization, and posttraumatic stress.
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45 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 124 citations in OpenAlex.
- Autism, menstruation and mental health- a scoping review and a call to action.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence of Victimisation in Autistic Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2023Pooled it
- Sexual Violence Against Persons With Disabilities: A Meta-Analysis.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2022Pooled it
- Reduction in social anxiety after MDMA-assisted psychotherapy with autistic adults: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study.Psychopharmacology · 2018Trial
- The impact of intensive trauma-focused treatment on adults with PTSD and ASD traits: a pre-post intervention study.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Article
- Sex differences in post-traumatic stress disorder risk among autistic individuals: a population-based matched cohort study.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Childhood trauma as a mediator between autistic traits and depression: Evidence from the ALSPAC birth cohort.Psychological medicine · 2026Article
- Overlapping And Differentiating Clinical Features of Autism and Borderline Personality Disorder in Women and People Assigned Female at Birth: A Cross-Sectional Study.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Article
- PTSD Symptoms Are Associated with a Greater Use of Social Camouflaging Strategies in an Eating Disorder Sample with Elevated Autistic Traits.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- Post-traumatic stress disorder in autistic and non-autistic adults: The impact of appraisals on reactions to traumatic events.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Article
- Exploring the autism and functional neurological disorder association: Considerations from biopsychosocial, neuropsychological and computational models.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Review
- The mediating effect of trauma and loss spectrum on the relationship between autistic traits and eating disorder symptoms among patients with borderline personality disorder.CNS spectrums · 2025Article
- Relationships Among Bullying Experiences, Mood Symptoms and Suicidality in Subjects with and Without Autism Spectrum Conditions.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy in Autism.Current psychiatry reports · 2025Review
- Alcohol use among populations with autism spectrum disorder: narrative systematic review.BJPsych open · 2025Review
- Borderline Personality as a Factor in Late, Missed, and Mis-Diagnosis in Autistic Girls and Women: A Conceptual Analysis.Autism in adulthood · 2024Article
- Adverse childhood experiences exacerbate peripheral symptoms of autism spectrum disorder in adults.Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2024Article
- Polygenic risk for major depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, neuroticism, and schizophrenia are correlated with experience of intimate partner violence.Translational psychiatry · 2024Article
- Maternal Autistic Traits and Adverse Birth Outcomes.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Living on with autism after a devastating earthquake: experiences of children and adolescents in Turkey.International journal of developmental disabilities · 2024Article
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Abstract
Persons with autistic traits may be at elevated risk for interpersonal victimization across the life course. Children with high levels of autistic traits may be targeted for abuse, and deficits in social awareness may increase risk of interpersonal victimization. Additionally, persons with autistic traits may be at elevated risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms subsequent to trauma. We examined retrospectively reported prevalence of childhood abuse, trauma victimization and PTSD symptoms by autistic traits among adult women in a population-based longitudinal cohort, the Nurses' Health Study II (N=1,077). Autistic traits were measured by the 65-item Social Responsiveness Scale. We estimated odds ratios (OR) for childhood sexual and physical/emotional abuse and PTSD symptoms by quintiles of autistic traits. We examined possible mediation of PTSD risk by abuse and trauma type. Women in the highest versus lowest quintile of autistic traits were more likely to have been sexually abused (40.1% versus 26.7%), physically/emotionally abused (23.9% versus 14.3%), mugged (17.1% versus 10.1%), pressured into sexual contact (25.4% versus 15.6%) and have high PTSD symptoms (10.7% versus 4.5%). Odds of PTSD were elevated in women in the top three quintiles of autistic traits compared with the reference group (OR range=1.4 to 1.9). Childhood abuse exposure partly accounted for elevated risk of PTSD in women with autistic traits. We identify for the first time an association between autistic traits, childhood abuse, trauma victimization, and PTSD. Levels of autistic traits that are highly prevalent in the general population are associated with abuse, trauma and PTSD.
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