ArticleAutism : the international journal of research and practice2024
A longitudinal study of loneliness in autism and other neurodevelopmental disabilities: Coping with loneliness from childhood through adulthood.
Article in Autism : the international journal of research and practice, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- The Joy and the Pain of Being Alone: Managing the Solitude-Loneliness (SOLO) Paradox in People High on the Autism Spectrum.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2026Review
- When "Integration" fails to address loneliness: interventional challenges of parent-led organizations for autistic children's social/emotional loneliness and health equity in China.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Examining the Predictors of Life Satisfaction in College Students With Intellectual Disability.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR · 2026Article
- Social Adaptation to Change in Peer Behavior Before and After a Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial of a Theatre-Based Intervention for Adults With Autism.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Health-related quality of life in children with neurodevelopmental disorders in Bangladesh.Journal of public health research · 2025Article
- Loneliness from the Perspective of Young People with Autism and/or ADHD: A Thematic Analysis of Adolescents' Experiences and Understanding.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Caught in the Web of the Net? Part II: A Motivation-Based Developmental Psychopathology Model for the Aberrant Internet Use in (Young) People with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2025Review
- Addressing Cognitive Bias in Adolescents with Neurodevelopmental Disorders Using 3-D Animated Serious Games.Pediatric reports · 2025Article
- Enhancing the Well-Being of Older Adults and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities Through an Intergenerational Community Garden: Participatory Action Research.Global qualitative nursing researchArticle
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Abstract
lay abstractWe know that many autistic people feel lonely, but we don't know whether their loneliness changes over time. Our research study followed autistic people and people with other non-spectrum neurodevelopmental disabilities from childhood through young adulthood and asked them about their loneliness. While many people told us they felt lonely or very lonely, a sizable group also told us that they do not feel lonely. We found that people who reported feeling lonely earlier in life were likely to also report feeling lonely later in life. Overall, autistic people and people with other neurodevelopmental disabilities in our study became lonelier from adolescence to adulthood. People described multiple ways they cope with feeling lonely, such as distracting themselves or reaching out to connect with another person. People who used distraction tended to be lonelier than those who did not. Our findings tell us that there is a need for greater support of social connections for many autistic people as they become adults.
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