Differences in emotional state and autistic symptoms before and during confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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Title: | Differences in emotional state and autistic symptoms before and during confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
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Authors: | Martínez-González, Agustín Ernesto | Moreno-Amador, Beatriz | Piqueras Rodríguez, José Antonio |
Research Group/s: | Grupo de Investigación Integral en el Neurodesarrollo Típico y Atípico (GINTA) |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y Didáctica |
Keywords: | COVID-19 pandemic | Confinement | ASD | Emotional state | Repetitive behaviors |
Knowledge Area: | Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación |
Issue Date: | Sep-2021 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Citation: | Research in Developmental Disabilities. 2021, 116: 104038. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2021.104038 |
Abstract: | Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has generated a global crisis that has affected the emotional health of both the general and the clinical population. Method: The present study aimed to analyze the differences between the emotional states of a group of individuals with ASD and a neurotypical group both during and after the COVID-19 confinement. The study also examined the changes in autistic symptoms between a group of individuals with ASD who were confined during the COVID-19 pandemic and another group of individuals with ASD who were studied prior to the COVID-19 pandemic period. Results: Higher levels of aggression, irritability, hyperactivity and impulsivity, lack of attention and anxiety, among other symptoms, were found in individuals with ASD during confinement when compared to healthy controls (p < .05; p < .01). Higher levels of repetitive, restrictive, and stereotyped behaviors were also found in pandemic-era ASD individuals when compared to the group of individuals with ASD who were assessed prior to the pandemic (p < .01). Conclusions: the confinement is related to an increase in symptomatology and dysfunctional behaviours characteristic of ASD, and therefore it is necessary to implement actions that help to reduce this impact now, as well as in future crisis events. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/116658 |
ISSN: | 0891-4222 (Print) | 1873-3379 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ridd.2021.104038 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2021.104038 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - GINTA - Artículos de Revistas |
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