Depression in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Role of ASD Vulnerabilities and Family-Environmental Stressors

Autor/inn/en	Fung, Stephanie; Lunsky, Yona; Weiss, Jonathan A.
Titel	Depression in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Role of ASD Vulnerabilities and Family-Environmental Stressors
Quelle	In: Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 8 (2015) 3-4, S.120-139 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1931-5864
DOI	10.1080/19315864.2015.1017892
Schlagwörter	Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; At Risk Persons; Comorbidity; Depression (Psychology); Parents; Experience; Age Differences; Cognitive Ability; Predictor Variables; Youth; Children; Adolescents; Young Adults; Online Surveys; Questionnaires; Individual Characteristics; Foreign Countries; Likert Scales; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Risikogruppe; Eltern; Erfahrung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Denkfähigkeit; Prädiktor; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Fragebogen; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Ausland; Likert-Skala; Kanada
Abstract	Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are at an increased risk of mental health problems, with depression being one of the most common presenting issues. The current study used a diathesis-stress model to investigate stressors (parent distress and negative life events [NLE]) and vulnerabilities (youth age and intellectual functioning) as predictors of depressive symptoms in youth with ASD. Parents of youth with ASD (N = 91; ages 7 to 25 years) completed online questionnaires about demographic variables, distress, NLE, and youth depression. High parent distress and exposure to 3 or more NLE were associated with symptoms of depression in individuals with ASD. Also, youth with ASD who were younger, or who were noted to have average or above-average intellectual functioning, were reported to have higher depression levels than other individuals with ASD. None of the vulnerabilities were found to moderate the relationships between stressors and depression. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01