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ArticleAutism : the international journal of research and practice2025

Trajectories of positive affect in autistic individuals during the transition to adulthood.

James B McCauley, Elaine B Clarke, Hillary K Schiltz, Catherine Lord

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Article in Autism : the international journal of research and practice, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors.

James B McCauleySaint Mary's College of California, Moraga, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8009-6484
Elaine B ClarkeUniversity of California, Los Angeles, USA.
Hillary K SchiltzUniversity of California, Los Angeles, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7861-6049
Catherine LordUniversity of California, Los Angeles, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5633-1253

Funding

Transitioning to Adulthood: A Prospective Longitudinal StudyR01HD081199 · NICHD · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI LORD, CATHERINE · 2015 to 2019
$3.1M
Longitudinal Studies of Autism Spectrum Disorders: 2 to 23R01MH081873 · NIMH · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI LORD, CATHERINE · 2008 to 2012
$2.7M
Family caregivers in later life: A longitudinal study of well-being and mental health in families of adults with autism and developmental disabilitiesR01AG080599 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Catherine Lord · 2023 to 2026
$2.6M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG080599NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD081199NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH081873
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

lay abstractRecent research has revealed informative patterns about health, mental health, self-help skills, autism symptoms, and social skills during the transition to adulthood for autistic individuals. This study expands on these findings by examining how positive affect (e.g. excited) changes from age 15 to 30 years using a group of individuals first referred for autism at an early age. We also examined the agreement between caregiver-report and self-report on positive affect. We found different patterns of stability and change in positive affect across the transition to adulthood that related to differences in autism severity, cognitive abilities, self-help skills, as well as social and work participation in adulthood. The agreement between caregiver-report and self-report was strong in adolescence but became much weaker after the individuals were 23 years. These results have implications for how we measure happiness, positive emotions, or other internal experiences of autistic individuals.

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AffectAgingAutistic DisorderDevelopmental DisabilitiesActivities of Daily LivingAdolescentAdultAge FactorsCaregiversChicagoHumansIntelligenceLongitudinal StudiesMaleMichiganModels, Statisticaladultsautism spectrum disordersdevelopmental trajectoriesquality of life

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PMCPMC11659065

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