College students on the autism spectrum
College students on the autism spectrum
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DOI：
10.1177/1362361310393363
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发表时间：
2011-11-01
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影响因子：
5.2
通讯作者：
Bray, Bethany C.
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作者：
White, Susan W.;Ollendick, Thomas H.;Bray, Bethany C.
随着越来越多的年轻人被诊断出患有自闭症谱系疾病，但没有同时出现智力障碍(即高功能自闭症谱系障碍；HFASD)，我们必须开始研究这一群体的需求。我们试图获得对问题范围的初步估计，并检查与大学生HFASD症状相关的精神风险。在大样本(n=667)中，我们从诊断和维度两个方面检查了一所大学的学生中ASD的患病率，并调查了学生的其他行为和精神问题。根据确定方法的不同，7.7%到1.9%的大学生可能符合HFASD的标准。特别令人感兴趣的是，在这项研究中，被发现符合HFASD诊断标准(n=5)的学生中，没有一人以前被诊断过。从维度的角度来看，那些得分高于自闭症症状临床门槛的学生(n=13)自我报告的社交焦虑问题比自闭症严重程度得分较低的匹配对照组学生更多。此外，HFASD的症状与社交焦虑、抑郁和攻击性症状显著相关。研究结果表明，在大学生中筛查自闭症相关障碍的重要性。
As more young people are identified with autism spectrum diagnoses without co-occurring intellectual disability (i.e. high-functioning autism spectrum disorder; HFASD), it is imperative that we begin to study the needs of this population. We sought to gain a preliminary estimate of the scope of the problem and to examine psychiatric risks associated HFASD symptoms in university students. In a large sample (n = 667), we examined prevalence of ASD in students at a single university both diagnostically and dimensionally, and surveyed students on other behavioral and psychiatric problems. Dependent upon the ascertainment method, between .7 per cent and 1.9 per cent of college students could meet criteria for HFASD. Of special interest, none of the students who were found to meet diagnostic criteria (n = 5) formally for HFASD in this study had been previously diagnosed. From a dimensional perspective, those students scoring above the clinical threshold for symptoms of autism (n = 13) self-reported more problems with social anxiety than a matched comparison group of students with lower autism severity scores. In addition, symptoms of HFASD were significantly correlated with symptoms of social anxiety, as well as depression and aggression. Findings demonstrate the importance of screening for autism-related impairment among university students.