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Kelly B. Beck; Lauren A. Terhorst; Carol M. Greco; Jamie L. Kulzer; Elizabeth R. Skidmore; Michael P. McCue – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Quality of life (QOL) and life satisfaction are important research priorities for autistic adults. As such, we saw a need to evaluate individual items of commonly used subjective QOL scales to understand how they are interpreted and perceived by autistic adults. This study used cognitive interviews and repeated sampling to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Life Satisfaction, Measures (Individuals), Adults
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Pahnke, Johan; Jansson-Fröjmark, Markus; Andersson, Gerhard; Bjureberg, Johan; Jokinen, Jussi; Bohman, Benjamin; Lundgren, Tobias – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Autistic adults are at risk of stress-related psychiatric disorders and reduced life quality due to social, cognitive, and perceptual challenges. Mental health interventions adapted to autistic adults are scarce. Acceptance and commitment therapy has preliminarily indicated health benefits in autistic adults, although it has not been robustly…
Descriptors: Adults, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Clinics, Psychiatry