Patterns and correlates of two-year changes in depressive symptoms for autistic adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Autistic adults are at elevated risk for depression. However, longitudinal data on the trajectory of depressive symptoms and its associated factors in autistic adults are scarce.

Methods

A community sample of 315 autistic adults participated in a two-year longitudinal study from the beginning of (March 2020) to the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic (March 2022). They provided five waves of data on self-reported depressive symptoms and sociodemographic and life circumstances information.

Results

Multilevel model results showed that autistic adults reported large between-individual variability in self-reported depressive symptoms, and on average, they experienced an increase (i.e., worsening) in self-reported depressive symptoms over the two years of the st

SUBMITTER: Zheng S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11650709 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature