简要报告:年轻自闭症成年人自我报告和告密者报告的抑郁症状之间的趋同和差异
Hannah R Thomas1, Aditi Sirsikar1, Inge-Marie Eigsti2
1Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
Journal of autism and developmental disorders
|January 17, 2024
概括
自闭症成年人表现出更高的抑郁率. 虽然使用贝克抑郁 inventory (BDI-II) 的自我报告可以选,但由于自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 的潜在报告不足,告密者报告对于准确的诊断至关重要.
科学领域:
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 神经发育障碍 神经发育障碍
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
背景情况:
- 自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 与抑郁症风险增加有关.
- 在自闭症患者中评估抑郁症存在挑战,原因是独特的临床表现和有限的测量验证.
- 贝克抑郁症库存 (BDI-II) 显示了在ASD中查抑郁症的前景.
研究的目的:
- 调查自闭症和非自闭症年轻人中自我和告知者报告的抑郁症之间的协议和分歧.
- 扩展之前关于贝克抑郁症库存 (BDI-II) 在自闭症患者群体中的实用性的发现.
- 为了比较自闭症和非自闭症年轻人之间的抑郁症症状率.
主要方法:
- 参与者 (自闭症和非自闭症的年轻人) 完成了自报告抑郁症的BDI-II.
- 告密者完成了阿肯巴赫成人行为检查清单.
- 分析检查了抑郁症症状的群体差异,以及自我报告和告密者报告之间的趋同/差异.
主要成果:
- 与非自闭症个体相比,自闭症个体报告的抑郁症状率显著更高.
- 两组都显示了自我和告知者报告的抑郁症之间的显著趋同,在自闭症组中达成更大的协议.
- 观察到差异差异:自闭症患者报告得分低于信息人,而非自闭症患者报告得分高于信息人.
结论:
- 自闭症年轻人的抑郁症率较高,符合之前的研究.
- 虽然BDI-II可能适合在说话的自闭症成年人中查抑郁症状,但由于报告不足的担忧,告知者报告提供了关键的诊断见解.
- 限制包括以白人和非拉丁人为主体的样本,这可能会限制概括性.
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