Emotion dysregulation is heightened in autistic females: A comparison with autistic males and borderline personality disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emotion dysregulation is increasingly recognized as highly prevalent and impairing in autistic individuals. Yet, a large majority of studies have considered emotion dysregulation in youth only, and most of them did not consider sex differences in emotion dysregulation manifestation.

Objectives

In the present study, we aim to investigate sex differences relative to emotion dysregulation in autistic adults without intellectual disability as well as its relationship with different factors potentially involved in emotion dysregulation (e.g. camouflaging, alexithymia, suicidality, quality of life). Self-reported emotion dysregulation will be assessed in autistic adults but also in females with borderline personality disorder, given that emotion dysregulation is particu

SUBMITTER: Weiner L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10214106 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature