ArticleAutism in adulthood2024
The Relationship Between Autistic Traits and Quality of Life: Investigation of Indirect Effects Through Self-Determination.
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- Health Care Transition Experiences for Rural and Urban Autistic Adolescents and Young Adults: A Qualitative Analysis.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Article
- Anxiety as a Moderator Between Autistic/ADHD Traits and Quality of Life in Autistic Children and Adolescents.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- "Support Me to Take the Steps I Need, to Live the Life I Want, in Ways That Work for Me": Perspectives of Autistic Adolescents on What is Important for Their Quality of Life.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Social Network Types in Autistic Adults and Its Associations with Mastery, Quality of Life, and Autism Characteristics.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Roadblocks to independence: exploring the roles of self-determination and anxiety on daily living skills in autistic transition-aged youth.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Quality of Life in Autistic Children: Discrepancies Between Self- and Caregiver-Proxy Reports and Associations With Individual Characteristics.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2025Article
- Psychological Well-Being in Autistic College Students: Testing and Extending the Social Cognitive Well-Being Model.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Self-determination, described broadly as experiencing causal agency, is positively associated with quality of life (QoL) and increases through satisfaction of three basic psychological needs: Methods: We tested a parallel indirect effects model where we hypothesized that the relationships between autistic traits and four domains of QoL (psychological, social, physical, and environmental) would be indirectly influenced through self-determination (represented through satisfaction of the basic psychological needs for Results: Higher levels of autistic traits were associated with lower levels of self-determination and lower levels of QoL, and there was a significant indirect effect between autistic traits and QoL via self-determination. More specifically, we found a significant indirect effect between autistic traits and all QoL domains via Conclusions: Our results suggest that supporting satisfaction of the needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness may represent an important element in designing effective programs to support the development of self-determination in people with higher levels of autistic traits (potentially including autistic individuals) and also to support these people to improve their QoL.
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