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ArticleAutism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research2025

Structure and dynamics of anxiety in people with ASD and ID: A network analysis.

Gema P Sáez-Suanes

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Article in Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Structure and dynamics of anxiety in people with ASD and ID: A network analysis.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2025
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  2. Network Analysis of Symptoms of Generalized Anxiety and Autism: Discrete but Connected.International journal of developmental neuroscience : the official journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience · 2025
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Gema P Sáez-SuanesDepartment of Developmental and Educational Psychology. Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Autonoma University of Madrid, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3154-1101

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anxiety is a very common mental health disorder in the ASD population. Despite the common comorbidity this association is not well understood. To understand the relationship between anxiety symptoms and ASD in a sample of people with ASD and intellectual disability, a network analysis was carried out. One hundred and twenty-eight adults (M = 36.63 age, SD = 8,54) were evaluated to know the structure of anxiety symptoms in autism and their relationship with ASD symptomatology. The results showed a single network where both symptomatologies were mixed. Bridging symptoms such as fear of being touched, fear of something bad happening to them, and the need for invariance and anticipation were identified. Moreover, social issues such as difficulty in making friends were associated with anxiety symptoms. Knowing and identifying ASD symptoms that are strongly linked to the anxiety network has important implications for the prevention of anxiety in this case in people with autism and intellectual disabilities.

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AnxietyAutism Spectrum DisorderIntellectual DisabilityAdultComorbidityFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedYoung Adultadultsanxietyautismcomorbiditynetwork analysis

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PMID39635924
PMCPMC11825995

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