ArticleBMC psychiatry2023
Adolescence internalizing problems as a mediator between autism diagnosis in childhood and quality of life in emerging adults with and without autism: a 10-year longitudinal study.
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- Associations between Parental Protective Factors and Child Behavioral Problems in Children with ADHD and ASD.Journal of developmental and physical disabilities · 2026Article
- "One must think autism in everything one does": Clinicians' Experiences of Supporting Autistic Patients.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Anxiety Symptoms Predict Subsequent Depressive Symptoms in Neurodivergent Youth: A 10-Year Longitudinal Study.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2025Article
- Social Anhedonia Accounts for Greater Variance in Internalizing Symptoms than Autism Symptoms in Autistic and Non-Autistic Youth.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Longitudinal Predictors of Adaptive Functioning in Emerging Adults with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2025Article
- "I have to charge my social battery": Perspectives from autistic young adults on Quality of Life.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2024Article
- Machine learning algorithms to the early diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundIndividuals with autism tend to have a reduced quality of life across their lifespan. This reduced quality of life may be a result of autism traits, mental distress, and poor person/environment fit. In this longitudinal study, we looked at the role of adolescence internalizing and externalizing problems in mediating the relationship between having an autism diagnosis from childhood and perceived quality of life as emerging adults.
methodsA total of 66 participants in a group of emerging adults with autism (mean age 22.2 years), and without autism (mean age 20.9 years) were assessed in three assessment waves (T1 at 12 years, T2 at 14 years, and T3 at 22 years of age). Parents filled out the Child Behavior Checklist at T2 and participants filled out the Perceived Quality of Life Questionnaire at T3. Total and indirect effects were tested in serial mediation analysis.
resultsThe results showed that internalizing problems fully mediated the association between childhood autism diagnosis and the quality of life in emerging adulthood, while externalizing problems did not.
conclusionOur findings suggest that attention to adolescent internalizing problems is important to improve the later quality of life for emerging adults with autism.
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