ArticleAutism : the international journal of research and practice2023
Autistic women's experiences of self-compassion after receiving their diagnosis in adulthood.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Autistic Traits and Camouflaging: A Meta-Analysis.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Pooled it
- Experiences of females on the autism spectrum through the perspective of minority stress theory: a review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
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- Finding the Prevalence of Autism in Female Mental Illness: Improving Child Development for an Underdiagnosed and Undertreated Population.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Self-Compassion, Camouflaging, and Mental Health in Autistic Adults.Autism in adulthood · 2025Article
- The association between autism, camouflaging and anxiety with suicidal ideation in women.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Longitudinal Associations Between Autistic Traits, Self-compassion, Anxiety and Depression in Autistic and Non-autistic Adults Without Intellectual Disability.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Article
- A qualitative exploration of an autism-specific self-compassion program: The ASPAA.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2024Article
- Understanding the post-diagnostic support priorities of autistic adults in the United Kingdom: A co-produced modified Delphi study.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2024Article
- Pathways to Psychopathology Among Autistic Adults.Current psychiatry reports · 2023Review
- Inaccessibility of care and inequitable conceptions of suffering: a collective response to the construction of "terminal" anorexia nervosa.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Compassion-focused therapy with autistic adults.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Alcohol masked my autism so well, that nobody noticed it until I got sober.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
lay abstractKnowledge of autistic individuals' experiences of self-compassion is very limited. This study investigated autistic women's experiences of self-compassion after receiving their diagnosis in adulthood. Eleven autistic women were interviewed about their experiences of receiving their diagnosis in adulthood and their experiences of self-compassion. Systematic analysis of the interview transcripts revealed common themes in the participants' experiences. Participants reported that their autism diagnosis helped them to better understand themselves, particularly when reflecting on problematic past experiences. After receiving an autism diagnosis, participants described being able to relate to themselves with greater self-kindness compared to previous self-criticism; this included allowing themselves to assert their needs and engage in self-care activities. Participants spoke about having difficult social experiences, including feeling pressure to conform to expectations in society and often feeling misunderstood. The findings highlight the barriers autistic women face obtaining their diagnoses and demonstrate the need for autism training for professionals to support early identification. Findings from this study suggest that interventions aimed at developing self-compassion could support and enhance autistic women's well-being.
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