Journal
JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
Volume 50, Issue 10, Pages 3606-3619Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-019-04324-2
Keywords
Autism; Autistic traits; Females; Women; Suicidal thoughts and behaviors; Suicide; Depression; Flexibility
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- Mentored Research Environment Grant from Brigham Young University
- Organization for Autism Research Student Research Grant
- Scenic View Academy (Utah, USA)
- BYU CAPS center
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Understanding the cognitive and emotional mechanisms that link autistic traits and risk for suicide is a vital next step for research and clinical practice. This study included a broad sample of adult women (n = 74) who report finding social situations confusing and/or exhausting, and who score high on measures of autistic traits. Regardless of autism diagnostic status, these women reported high rates of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Depression symptoms were more associated with suicidality than were autistic trait measures of social communication. Measures of neurotypical imagination and of repetitive behavior likewise were associated with suicidality risk. Simultaneously feeling sad and feeling stuck or unable to imagine alternate strategies, may uniquely increase suicide risk in autism.
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