ArticleScientific reports2021
A momentary assessment study on emotional and biological stress in adult males and females with autism spectrum disorder.
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- Masking, social context and perceived stress in autistic adults: An ecological momentary assessment study.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2025Article
- Advancing Research on Suicide and Mental Health in Autistic Adults Through a Research Domain Criteria (RDoC)-Inspired Framework.Autism in adulthood · 2025Article
- Prospective Memory Performance of Autistic Adults in Everyday Life: The Role of Stress and Motivation.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2025Article
- Cognitive emotion regulation difficulties increase affective reactivity to daily-life stress in autistic adolescents and young adults.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2024Article
- Quality of Life, Neurosensory Disorders and Co-Occurring Medical Conditions in Individuals on the Spectrum, with a Special Focus on Females Diagnosed with Autism: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Clinical stance on response initiation in autistic adults: co-creating an integrative approach based on theory and lived experiences to act from language, via motor movement to wellbeing.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Applications of identity-based theories to understand the impact of stigma and camouflaging on mental health outcomes for autistic people.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Review
- Triple X syndrome: Psychiatric disorders and impaired social functioning as a risk factor.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2022Article
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Abstract
Prospective momentary psychological and biological measures of real-time daily life stress experiences have been examined in several psychiatric disorders, but not in adults with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The current electronic self-monitoring study examined associations between momentary daily life stressors and (i) negative affect (NA; emotional stress reactivity) and (ii) cortisol levels (biological stress reactivity) in males and females with ASD (N = 50) and without ASD (N = 51). The Experience Sampling Method, including saliva sampling, was used to measure three types of daily life stress (activity-related, event-related, and social stress), NA, and cortisol. Multilevel regression analyses demonstrated significant interactions between group and stress (i.e., activity-related and event-related stress) in the model of NA, indicating stronger emotional stress reactivity in the ASD than in the control group. In the model of cortisol, none of the group × stress interactions were significant. Male/female sex had no moderating effect on either emotional or biological stress reactivity. In conclusion, adults with ASD showed a stronger emotional stress (but not cortisol) reactivity in response to unpleasant daily life events and activities. The findings highlight the feasibility of electronic self-monitoring in individuals with ASD, which may contribute to the development of more personalized stress-management approaches.
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