SynthesisTrauma, violence & abuse2023
Prevalence of Victimisation in Autistic Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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41 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 91 citations in OpenAlex.
- Outcomes of Experiencing Interpersonal Violence in Autism: A Mixed Methods Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2026Pooled it
- Adverse outcomes for autistic people: an umbrella review of mental health, physical health, social and lifestyle domains.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Prevalence and Risk of Violence Among People With Disabilities in China: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.Brain and behavior · 2025Pooled it
- Autism, bullying, and mental health: a comprehensive systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Adapting compassionate mind training into guided self-help for parents of autistic children.Psychology and psychotherapy · 2026Article
- "For Fear that They Would Turn Away from me": From Transgressing Boundaries to Sexual Abuse in Spanish Autistic Women and Non-Binary People.Autism in adulthood · 2026Article
- Beyond the Outburst: Charting a New Frontier for Understanding and Treating Irritability in Autistic Adults.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2026Review
- Exploring Autistic People's Experiences of and Attitudes Towards Cervical Screening: A Mixed-Methods Study.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Article
- Traumatic Experiences and Major Life Stressors in Children and Youth With Neurodevelopmental Disorders.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- 'The true me': Unravelling the dual narrative of borderline personality disorder and autistic spectrum disorder.The British journal of clinical psychology · 2026Article
- The Narrative Coherence of Autistic Children's Accounts of an Experienced Event in Response to Different Interviewer Prompts: A Longitudinal Study.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- The Role of Social Adversity in the Association Between Autistic Traits and Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms.Personality and mental health · 2026Article
- Traumatic Experiences, Psychological Distress and Suicide-Related Behaviors in Autistic Adults.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2026Article
- Sex education in adolescents with ASD: a qualitative study on the role of parents in the Italian context.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- The effect of cyberbullying on nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescents: The chain mediating role of shame and dissociation.PloS one · 2026Article
- Mock juror perceptions of an adult autistic witness: effect of diagnostic label and witness intermediary presence.Psychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law · 2026Article
- Psychiatric Emergency Visits of Autistic Adults With or Without Documented Borderline Personality Disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2026Article
- Experiences of self-harm, suicidal ideation and mental health care among autistic youth.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Article
- The Moderating Role of Social Support in Siblings' Negative Feelings Toward Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- '. . . there's so much within the work that we do where all we kind of need is the space and the safety': The experiences of Australian practitioners who support autistic survivors of sexual and domestic violence.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2025Article
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Abstract
Autistic individuals are at an increased risk of experiencing victimisation. Previous reviews have focussed specific types of victimisation. Thus, a clearer picture considering the range of victimisation experiences autistic people face is required. This systematic review aims to identify the prevalence of victimisation in autistic individuals considering a variety of victimisation types (e.g., bulling, sexual victimisation, and crime) in both adults and children from clinical and community settings. Through systematic searches of relevant databases, 291 studies met the criteria for review. Of those, 34 studies met the inclusion criteria: a) quantitative studies, b) involving autistic individuals, c) reporting prevalence rates of victimisation. Meta-analysis found a pooled prevalence rate of victimisation of 44% in autistic individuals. Subgroup analysis examined moderating factors as high heterogeneity was present. This found the pooled prevalence rates for bullying to be 47%, 16% for child abuse, 40% for sexual victimisation, 13% for cyberbullying, and 84% for multiple forms of victimisation in autistic individuals, though heterogeneity remained. Correction for participants' age, reporter used, and the population which the sample was recruited from did not reduce heterogeneity. Although heterogeneity impedes the definitive interpretation of the findings, this review illustrates the need for strategies and interventions to reduce the incidence of victimisation.
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