Brief Reports: Influence of Friendship on Loneliness Among Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Japan
Brief Reports: Influence of Friendship on Loneliness Among Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Japan
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简要报告：友谊对日本自闭症谱系障碍青少年孤独感的影响
DOI：
10.1007/s10803-023-05958-z
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发表时间：
2023
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Senju Atsushi
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作者：
Sumiya Motofumi;Senju Atsushi
目的之前的研究表明，患有自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 的人比神经正常 (NTP) 人的孤独感更高，很可能是因为他们在与主要 NTP 同伴进行社交沟通时遇到困难。然而，关于友谊对其孤独感的因果影响的直接调查却很少。 方法在本研究中，我们利用因果中介分析，调查了自闭症谱系障碍个体中的友谊是否会影响他们的孤独感，特别是在青春期，此时友谊的重要性通常最高。此外，我们通过线性回归分析检验了自闭症行为特征或年龄的个体差异是否会影响孤独感或友谊的质量。 结果结果表明，患有自闭症谱系障碍的青少年较高的孤独感是由友谊、陪伴的一个方面介导的。我们还发现，友谊的积极方面而不是消极方面会影响 ASD 和 NTP 人群的孤独感。所测量的自闭症特征的一个子类别，想象困难，与考虑他人观点的能力相关，在 ASD 组中与友谊的积极方面呈负相关，但在 NTP 组中则不然。结论这些发现表明，友谊的积极方面的质量对于 ASD 青少年和 NTP 青少年同样重要，但自闭症行为特征可能会干扰这种积极友谊的体验。
PurposePrevious studies have reported that people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have higher levels of loneliness than neurotypical (NTP) people, most likely because of their difficulties in social communication with their predominantly NTP peers. However, direct investigations on the causal influence of friendship on their feelings of loneliness is scarce.MethodsIn the current study, using the causal mediation analysis, we investigated whether friendship among ASD individuals influences their feelings of loneliness, especially during adolescence when the importance of friendship is typically most elevated. Furthermore, we examined whether individual differences in autistic behavioral features or age affect feelings of loneliness or the qualities of friendship with linear regression analyses.ResultsThe results demonstrated that the higher levels of loneliness in adolescents with ASD were mediated by one aspect of friendship, companionship. We also found that positive aspects of friendship, but not negative aspects, influence the feelings of loneliness in both ASD and NTP populations. One subcategory of the measured autistic trait, difficulty in imagination, which is associated the ability to consider another’s perspective, had a negative relationship with the positive aspects of friendship in the ASD group, but not in the NTP group.ConclusionThese findings indicate that the quality of the positive aspects of friendship is similarly important for both adolescents with ASD and NTP adolescents, but the autistic behavioral features could interfere with the experience of such positive friendships.