Social identity, self-esteem, and mental health in autism
Social identity, self-esteem, and mental health in autism
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自闭症患者的社会认同、自尊和心理健康
DOI：
10.1002/ejsp.2297
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发表时间：
2017-12-01
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Russell, Ailsa
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作者：
Cooper, Kate;Smith, Laura G. E.;Russell, Ailsa
我们调查了孤独症患者的社会认同和心理健康状况。自闭症患者有社交和沟通缺陷，并经历社会耻辱，这些因素可能会干扰积极的社会认同的发展。事实上，自闭症参与者（N = 272）有显着较低的个人自尊，抑郁和焦虑水平高于典型的发展控制（N = 267）。孤独症社会认同与个人自尊呈正相关，集体自尊（孤独症自我认同的积极性）对孤独症社会认同有中介作用。此外，有显着的负面间接影响之间的孤独症识别和焦虑，孤独症识别和抑郁症之间，通过增加集体自尊和个人自尊。因此，虽然自闭症参与者报告的心理健康状况低于平均水平，但积极的自闭症社会认同似乎提供了一种保护机制。这意味着，为了改善自闭症人群的心理健康，临床方法应旨在促进积极自闭症身份的发展。
We investigated Autism social identity and mental health in autistic people. Autistic people have social and communication deficits, and experience social stigma-factors that could interfere with the development of positive social identity. Indeed, autistic participants (N = 272) had significantly lower personal self-esteem, and higher levels of depression and anxiety than typically developing controls (N = 267). Autism social identification was positively associated with personal self-esteem, and this relationship was mediated by collective self-esteem (perceived positivity of Autism identity). Furthermore, there were significant negative indirect effects between Autism identification and anxiety, and between Autism identification and depression, through increases in collective self-esteem and personal self-esteem. Thus, while autistic participants reported poorer mental health than average, having a positive Autism social identity appeared to offer a protective mechanism. This implies that to improve mental health in the Autism population, clinical approaches should aim to facilitate development of positive Autism identities.