自我报告的自闭症成年人社会参与中的性别差异
Wei Song1, Mark S Salzer1, Hillary R Steinberg1
1Wei Song, Drexel University; Mark S. Salzer, Temple University; Hillary R. Steinberg and Lindsay L. Shea, Drexel University.
American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilities
|February 25, 2025
概括
患有自闭症的成年人在总社会活动天数中没有性别差异. 然而,与男性相比,没有智力障碍 (ID) 的自闭症女性参与重要的社会活动的比例较低.
科学领域:
- 神经发育障碍 神经发育障碍
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 关于残疾人的研究.
背景情况:
- 关于自闭症成年人社会参与中的性别差异的研究有限.
- 社会活动对于社区的整合和福祉至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究自闭症成年人社会参与中的性别差异.
- 探索智力障碍 (ID) 在这些差异中的缓解作用.
主要方法:
- 对全州大样本 (N = 775) 的自闭症成年人进行分析,包括女性 (n = 217) 和男性 (n = 558).
- 检查社会参与指标,考虑智力障碍的存在或不存在.
主要成果:
- 在总参与日数中没有观察到任何显著的性别差异.
- 与男性相比,没有ID的自闭症女性报告说,与男性相比,在重要的社会活动中参与度较低,感觉充足.
- 没有ID的自闭症女性报告说,与ID的自闭症女性相比,她们对参与重要社会活动的满意度较低.
结论:
- 自闭症成年人社会参与中的性别差异是微妙的,并受到智力障碍地位的影响.
- 调查结果强调了自闭症女性在有意义的社会参与中面临的特殊挑战.
- 了解这些差异对于开发整个生命周期的有针对性的支持至关重要.
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