自闭症特征与社会孤立的压力之间的关系:开发一个解释模型
Min Shao1,2, Shu Luo3, Huiling Qian1,2
1Research Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China.
Heliyon
|February 26, 2024
概括
具有高度自闭症特征的个体因社会隔离而经历更大的压力. 这种压力与核心自我评估和心理不灵活性有关,特别是在COVID-19大流行等事件期间.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 神经发育障碍 神经发育障碍
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 由于社会互动中的困难,社会孤立对具有高度自闭症特征的个体构成独特的挑战.
- COVID-19 流行病加剧了社会隔离,增加了自闭症特征的人的压力.
- 了解自闭症特征与社会隔离压力之间的联系对于心理健康支持至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查自闭症特征与社会隔离期间经历的压力之间的关系.
- 探索核心自我评估和心理不灵活性在这种关系中的调解作用.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及1597名中国成年人在COVID-19流行病限制期间的横截面研究.
- 利用了包括自闭症谱系系数,冠状病毒压力测量,接受和行动问卷II以及核心自我评估量表在内的验证措施.
- 评估了自闭症特征,社会隔离压力,心理不灵活性和核心自我评估.
主要成果:
- 在自闭症特征和社会隔离的压力之间发现了显著的正相关性.
- 核心自我评估和心理不灵活性作为连锁效应的调解者,将自闭症特征与社会隔离压力联系起来.
- 与较低自闭症特征的人相比,具有较高自闭症特征的个体报告的压力要大得多.
结论:
- 自闭症特征与社会隔离带来的压力增加有关.
- 该途径涉及影响核心自我评估的自闭症特征,其次是心理不灵活性,最终导致社会隔离压力增加.
- 这些发现支持有针对性的干预措施的必要性,以减轻孤立期间高自闭症特征和自闭症谱系障碍患者的压力.
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