自闭症和非自闭症成年人的内在经验,心理健康和幸福感
Micah O Mazurek1, Jessica Pappagianopoulos1, Sophie Brunt1
1Department of Human Services, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA.
概括
自闭症成年人经常使用内在语言和感官意识. 自闭症和非自闭症成年人都使用内在语言,但自闭症患者可能更多地使用自我对话来应对日常挑战.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 神经多样性研究 神经多样性研究
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
背景情况:
- 自闭症成年人的内心世界仍未得到充分研究.
- 了解自闭症成年人的内心经验对于心理健康和福祉至关重要.
- 以前的研究还没有广泛探索自闭症患者内在思维模式的细微差别.
研究的目的:
- 调查自闭症和非自闭症成年人的内在经验模式.
- 检查内在体验和心理健康结果 (焦虑,抑郁,幸福,生活满意度) 之间的关系.
- 为了比较自闭症和非自闭症成年人之间的各种内在思维模式的使用.
主要方法:
- 在线调查对303名自闭症和289名非自闭症成年人 (21-82岁) 进行.
- 评估内在思维模式,包括内在说话,内在看,非象征性思维,感觉,感官意识和自我对话.
- 统计分析包括曼·惠特尼U测试,奇平方测试,相关性和多重线性回归.
主要成果:
- 与非自闭症成年人相比,自闭症成年人报告了更高的内在说话 (口头思考) 和感官意识的使用率.
- 对于这两组人来说,内在的说话是最常见的初级内在体验;较少的自闭症成年人将经历思想作为感觉作为初级体验.
- 自闭症成年人更多地使用自我谈话进行社会评估,自我批评和自我管理,在两组中,特定的自我谈话策略与焦虑和抑郁相关.
结论:
- 自闭症和非自闭症成年人在一般的内在思维模式中都有相似之处.
- 自闭症成年人可能更频繁地使用自我谈话作为应对机制来管理日常生活.
- 内心经验的特定模式,如内心的言论和自我谈话,用于社会评估/批评,与两个群体的焦虑和抑郁有关.
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