在高等教育中理解自闭症身份披露
Michaela R Hodges-Fulton1, Jessica Monahan1
1Center for Disabilities Studies, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA.
Autism in adulthood : challenges and management
|September 11, 2025
概括
有自闭症的大学生.
科学领域:
- 自闭症谱系障碍 自闭症谱系障碍
- 高等教育 高等教育
- 关于残疾人的研究.
背景情况:
- 自闭症学生在中学后的环境中面临着揭露身份的决定.
- 现有的研究往往广泛涵盖残疾学生,缺乏关注自闭症学生独特的披露经验.
- 了解披露因素对于自闭症学生来说至关重要,他们寻求适应,同时管理与边缘化身份相关的风险.
研究的目的:
- 调查影响自闭症大学生的自闭症身份披露意愿的因素.
- 探索自闭症学生在高等教育中披露信息的想法和行为.
- 确定披露的预测因素,并了解学生的担忧.
主要方法:
- 进行了关于披露的广泛文献审查.
- 开发并向全国123名自闭症大学生分发了一项调查.
- 使用描述性统计和回归分析定量数据;以主题分析定性数据.
主要成果:
- 自闭症是一个重要的身份组成部分,但学生们担心披露的负面影响.
- 大学安全和住宿的必要性预测了披露意愿.
- 披露可能性因种族和LGBTQIA+身份而异, cisgender,异性恋和白人学生更容易披露.
结论:
- 披露决策是复杂的,受到安全感和支持需求的影响.
- 为考虑披露的学生和高等教育机构提供建议.
- 需要进一步的研究来探索披露经验的细微差别.
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