ArticleAutism in adulthood2023
Self-Report Measurement of Well-Being in Autistic Adults: Psychometric Properties of the PERMA Profiler.
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- Associations between Social Experiences and Psychological Health for Autistic Youth with Low IQ.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- The impact of a PERMA model-based positive psychology intervention on fear of stroke recurrence: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The impact of a PERMA model-based positive psychology intervention on fear of recurrence of inflammatory bowel disease: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Integrating Positive Psychology and Autism: A Roundtable.Autism in adulthood · 2024Article
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Background: Studies of positive psychology and emotional well-being have broadened our understanding of mental health. However, mental health research involving autistic adults has been largely deficit-focused. Few studies have examined well-being using established positive psychological frameworks. Methods: This study examined the psychometric characteristics of the PERMA Profiler, a 23-item questionnaire that measures well-being across five subscales (Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment), in a sample of 517 autistic adults ages 18-84 years ( Results: The PERMA Profiler mean (SD) well-being score was 5.4 (SD = 1.7), which is notably lower than the mean of 7.0 previously found in nonautistic samples. Subscale scores were highest for Engagement ( Conclusion: These findings support use of an adapted version of the PERMA Profiler in mental health research to evaluate well-being among autistic adults. Similar to studies with nonautistic populations, the Engagement measure may not capture the experiences of the autistic population and further refinement is needed. Follow-up research should represent a more diverse autistic population, collaborate with autistic coinvestigators, and explore potential correlates of well-being (such as social stigma) while using the PERMA Profiler.
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