检查自闭症年轻人的社交经历与孤独之间的联系
Natalie Libster1, Julie Lounds Taylor1, Shuting Zheng2
1Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
概括
自闭症青少年的孤独与社交和独处的负面情绪有关, 干预措施应侧重于提高自闭症青少年的社会体验质量.
科学领域:
- 心理学
- 神经发育障碍
- 社会科学
背景情况:
- 孤独是自闭症年轻人的一个重要问题.
- 了解与孤独相关的社会经验对于开发有效干预至关重要.
- 之前的研究还没有充分探讨与孤独相关的社会互动质量和感受.
研究的目的:
- 研究孤独与自闭症年轻人的特定社会和同龄人经历之间的联系.
- 区分社交时间和孤独时间对孤独的影响.
- 确定社交活动和孤独活动中经历的情绪在预测孤独的作用.
主要方法:
- 一组241名自闭症青少年 (15至26岁) 完成了在线调查,
- 参与者使用智能手机应用程序7天来报告日常事件,与人互动或独自度过的时间,以及与活动相关的感受.
- 分析数据以确定报告的经历,感受和孤独程度之间的相关性.
主要成果:
- 孤独感的增加与在社交场合和独处时有更多的负面情绪有关.
- 在孤独时感受到更多积极的情绪与减少孤独感有关.
- 更多的同伴虐待和被忽视与更大的孤独相关.
- 与人互动或单独度过的时间与孤独没有显著的关联.
结论:
- 对于自闭症年轻人来说,应优先考虑提高社会互动的质量和满意度,而不是简单地增加互动时间.
- 在社交活动和单身活动中所经历的负面情绪是缓解孤独的关键.
- 减少同龄人的虐待和被忽视的经历是减少自闭症青少年孤独的关键目标.
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