ArticleAutism in adulthood2024
An Examination of Psychological Flexibility as a Mediator Between Mental Health Concerns and Satisfaction with Life Among Autistic Adults.
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- Transcendent Spirituality and Psychological Flexibility Among Adults on the Autism Spectrum in the United States.Journal of religion and health · 2026Article
- Preliminary Examination of Associations Between Psychological Flexibility Processes of Change and Quality of Life in Digital Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Autistic Adults.Journal of clinical psychology · 2026Article
- Are we Missing Character in Strengths-Based Approaches to Coaching and Therapy for Autistic People?Autism in adulthood · 2026Article
- Brief Report: Psychological Flexibility, Perceived Stress and Emotion Regulation in Transitional-Age Youth (TAY) With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Autism and detecting verbal truth and lies: veracity decisions, cue selection, judgment confidence, and self-report reasoning.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Background: Experiencing mental health concerns (MHC; e.g., depression, anxiety, stress) can have negative effects on satisfaction with life (SWL) for autistic adults. Current mental health supports that may promote SWL do not effectively meet the needs of autistic adults, often due to deficit-based approaches. Methods: To begin addressing the gap in research surrounding mental health supports among autistic adults, we designed a preregistered longitudinal study that used structural equation modeling to assess 289 autistic adults from the Simons Powering Autism Research (SPARK) program to determine whether progress toward one's values, a strengths-based component of psychological flexibility, is a potential mechanism through which MHC (i.e., depression, anxiety, and stress) impacts SWL. Results: Results suggested that depression (but not anxiety or stress) negatively affected participants' SWL. However, when including components of psychological flexibility as a mediator, there was no longer a significant direct effect between depression and SWL, suggesting that influences on SWL were explained through participants' levels of components of psychological flexibility. The influence of values progress on the association between depression and SWL was significantly stronger than that of value obstruction (a deficit-based construct). Associations did not differ across gender. Conclusion: These findings provide preliminary support for interventions targeting improvements in psychological flexibility as they may help address core issues of deficit-based mental health services while also being able to emphasize outcomes that matter most to the autism community.
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