ArticleResearch in developmental disabilities2021
Differences in emotional state and autistic symptoms before and during confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Predictors of irritability in pediatric autistic populations: a scoping review.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the well-being of autistic and non-autistic adults in Eastern Germany.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Validation of the Pain and Sensitivity Reactivity Scale in Neurotypical Late Adolescents and Adults.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Article
- Transformation of the Mental Health of the Autism Spectrum Community: Contemporary Challenges in the Post-Pandemic Era.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- Cross-cultural differences in autistic characteristics: a comparison between Spain and Colombia.International journal of developmental disabilities · 2025Article
- Hospitalization and Mortality for Insured Patients in the United States with COVID-19 with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Article
- CRISIS AFAR: an international collaborative study of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and service access in youth with autism and neurodevelopmental conditions.Molecular autism · 2023Article
- Relationships Between Emotion Regulation, Social Communication and Repetitive Behaviors in Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022Article
- Changes in Mental Health during Three Waves of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Slovakia: Neurotypical Children versus Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Parents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- [Autism Spectrum Disorders: What the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Taught Us].Annales medico-psychologiques · 2022Article
- Management and support of individuals with developmental disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.Research in developmental disabilities · 2022Article
- Seizure and neuropsychiatric compromise as onset of SARS-CoV-2 associated encephalitis.Psychiatry research communications · 2022Article
- Repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic for people with autism and their family members: A scoping review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has generated a global crisis that has affected the emotional health of both the general and the clinical population.
methodThe present study aimed to analyze the differences between the emotional states of a group of individuals with ASD and a neurotypical group both during and after the COVID-19 confinement. The study also examined the changes in autistic symptoms between a group of individuals with ASD who were confined during the COVID-19 pandemic and another group of individuals with ASD who were studied prior to the COVID-19 pandemic period.
resultsHigher levels of aggression, irritability, hyperactivity and impulsivity, lack of attention and anxiety, among other symptoms, were found in individuals with ASD during confinement when compared to healthy controls (p < .05; p < .01). Higher levels of repetitive, restrictive, and stereotyped behaviors were also found in pandemic-era ASD individuals when compared to the group of individuals with ASD who were assessed prior to the pandemic (p < .01).
conclusionsthe confinement is related to an increase in symptomatology and dysfunctional behaviours characteristic of ASD, and therefore it is necessary to implement actions that help to reduce this impact now, as well as in future crisis events.
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