Emotion Dysregulation and Anxiety in Adults with ASD: Does Social Motivation Play a Role?

Young adults with ASD and no intellectual impairment are more likely to exhibit clinical levels of anxiety than typically developing peers (DSM-5, American Psychiatric Association, 2013 ). This study tests a mechanistic model in which anxiety culminates via emotion dysregulation and social motivatio...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of autism and developmental disorders 2015-12, Vol.45 (12), p.3971-3977
Hauptverfasser:	Swain, Deanna, Scarpa, Angela, White, Susan, Laugeson, Elizabeth
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adolescents Adult Adults Affective Symptoms - complications Affective Symptoms - psychology Anxiety Anxiety Disorders Autism Autism Spectrum Disorder - complications Autism Spectrum Disorder - psychology Autism Spectrum Disorders Behavioral Science and Psychology Care and treatment Caregivers Child & adolescent psychiatry Child and School Psychology Children & youth Comorbidity Complications and side effects Coping Emotional Disturbances Emotional regulation Emotional Response Emotions Female Goal Orientation Health aspects Humans Interpersonal Competence Male Measures (Individuals) Motivation Negative emotions Neurosciences Pediatrics Peer Influence Peers Perspective Taking Pervasive Developmental Disorders Phobic Disorders - complications Phobic Disorders - psychology Physiology Predictor Variables Psychology Public Health Resistance (Psychology) Risk factors S.I. : ASD in Adulthood: Comorbidity and Intervention Self Evaluation (Individuals) Self report Severity Severity (of Disability) Social anxiety Social Cognition Social motivation Social perception Social Responsibility Stimuli Teenagers Young Adults
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Zusammenfassung:	Young adults with ASD and no intellectual impairment are more likely to exhibit clinical levels of anxiety than typically developing peers (DSM-5, American Psychiatric Association, 2013 ). This study tests a mechanistic model in which anxiety culminates via emotion dysregulation and social motivation. Adults with ASD (49 males, 20 females) completed self-report measures on emotion regulation, caregivers completed measures on ASD severity and both on social anxiety. Results indicated that emotion dysregulation ( p
ISSN:	0162-3257 1573-3432
DOI:	10.1007/s10803-015-2567-6