在COVID-19大流行期间,自闭症儿童的不确定性,感官处理和压力
Garrett Cardon1, Mollie Bradley1
1Department of Communication Disorders, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.
Research in autism spectrum disorders
|July 24, 2023
概括
随着COVID-19的流行,自闭症儿童的感官困难和不容忍不确定性变得更加严重. 不确定性增加与感官挑战的增加相关,影响了儿童和家庭的整体压力水平.
科学领域:
- 神经发育障碍 神经发育障碍
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 由于COVID-19大流行造成了广泛的不确定性,不成比例地影响了自闭症患者,因为他们不能容忍不确定性.
- 自闭症和不确定性与感官困难和压力有关,使得大流行成为一种自然实验.
研究的目的:
- 检查COVID-19相关的不确定性如何影响自闭症儿童的感官处理和压力水平.
- 调查增加的不确定性与感官困难和压力的变化之间的相关性.
主要方法:
- 在线调查对47名自闭症儿童 (6-15岁) 的主要护理人员进行了管理.
- 测量不容忍不确定性和感官处理的措施收集了大流行前和期间的条件.
- 数据包括人口统计,流行病经验和支持系统.
主要成果:
- 在疫情爆发之前,89%的儿童经历了显著的感官困难.
- 在大流行期间,这些孩子的感官困难和不容忍不确定性显著增加.
- 增加的不确定性与更大的感官困难相关;破坏日常生活与增加的压力相关.
结论:
- 研究结果强调了自闭症中不确定性,感官处理和压力的相互联系.
- 这项研究提供了关于支持自闭症患者在不确定性增加的时期的见解.
- 结果对临床,教育和家庭环境都有影响.
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