期刊
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
卷 41, 期 11, 页码 8181-8191出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-021-02170-z
关键词
Autism Spectrum disorders; Autistic traits; COVID-19; Gender; Positive emotions; Negative emotions
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) exhibit an amplified response to stressors, with gender influencing stress responses. Autistic traits (ATs) and gender may regulate emotional changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study found that the pandemic reduced positive emotions and heightened fear and anger, particularly among individuals with higher ATs and females compared to those with lower ATs and males.
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) show an enhanced response to stressors, and gender plays an important role in stress response. Thus, autistic traits (ATs) in the general population and gender may regulate the emotion changes before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the present study, participants were divided into higher and lower ATs groups. The generalized linear models were used to estimate the effects of the independent variables (e.g. the COVID-19 pandemic status (before, during), gender (male, female), and AT groups (higher ATs, lower ATs) and their interactions on emotions measured by the Positive and Negative Affect scales. The results showed that the COVID-19 pandemic reduced positive emotions and increased fear and anger. Furthermore, compared with the status before the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals with higher ATs and females experienced stronger anger and fear than individuals with lower ATs and males during the pandemic. The present study revealed the emotional impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and greater emotional susceptibility to the pandemic among individuals with higher ATs and females. Our findings provide prospective evidence for understanding the ASD/ATs-related enhanced response to pathogen threat-related stressors and have implications for COVID-19 crisis interventions.
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