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ArticleCurrent psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.)2022

Autistic traits and gender modulate emotion changes before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Xudong Zhao, Binglei Zhao, Wenrui Li, Yang Cai, Wendian Shi, Chunbo Li

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Article in Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xudong ZhaoDepartment of Psychology, School of Education, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6432-6630
Binglei ZhaoInstitute of Psychology and Behavioral Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Wenrui LiDepartment of Psychology, School of Education, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Yang CaiDepartment of Psychology, School of Education, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Wendian ShiDepartment of Psychology, School of Education, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Chunbo LiShanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University · CNShanghai Normal University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) show an enhanced response to stressors, and gender plays an important role in stress response. Thus, autistic traits (ATs) in the general population and gender may regulate the emotion changes before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the present study, participants were divided into higher and lower ATs groups. The generalized linear models were used to estimate the effects of the independent variables (e.g. the COVID-19 pandemic status (before, during), gender (male, female), and AT groups (higher ATs, lower ATs) and their interactions on emotions measured by the Positive and Negative Affect scales. The results showed that the COVID-19 pandemic reduced positive emotions and increased fear and anger. Furthermore, compared with the status before the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals with higher ATs and females experienced stronger anger and fear than individuals with lower ATs and males during the pandemic. The present study revealed the emotional impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and greater emotional susceptibility to the pandemic among individuals with higher ATs and females. Our findings provide prospective evidence for understanding the ASD/ATs-related enhanced response to pathogen threat-related stressors and have implications for COVID-19 crisis interventions.

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Autism Spectrum disordersAutistic traitsCOVID-19GenderNegative emotionsPositive emotions

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PMID34393463
PMCPMC8346342
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