Exploring the effect of gender and age on stress and emotional distress in adults with autism spectrum disorder McGillivray, J. A. and Evert, H. T. 2014, Exploring the effect of gender and age on stress and emotional distress in adults with autism spectrum disorder, Focus on autism and other developmental disabilities, In Press, pp. 1-10, doi: 10.1177/1088357614549317. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Exploring the effect of gender and age on stress and emotional distress in adults with autism spectrum disorder Author(s) McGillivray, J. A. Evert, H. T. Journal name Focus on autism and other developmental disabilities Season In Press Start page 1 End page 10 Total pages 10 Publisher Sage Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2014-09-18 ISSN 1088-3576 1538-4829 Keyword(s) autism spectrum disorder depression anxiety and stress gender and age differences Summary One hundred nine people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) completed the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS), andStress Survey Schedule (SSS). Compared with Australian norms for DASS depression, anxiety, and stress, both males andfemales with ASD showed elevated scores. Females aged 25 to 44 years scored significantly higher on the DASS depressionsubscale than same aged males and younger males and females. Significant gender and age differences were evident onSSS subscales. In comparison with males, females were more stressed on Pleasant Events, Sensory/Personal Contact, andSocial and Environmental subscales, and adult females in particular were more stressed on items around Change and SocialThreats and Anticipation/Uncertainty. Young people were less stressed on seven of the eight SSS subscales than olderpeople. It appears that emotional vulnerability in people with ASD varies according to gender and age, with adult femalesat particular risk. Language eng DOI 10.1177/1088357614549317 Field of Research 170102 Developmental Psychology and Ageing 1303 Specialist Studies In Education Socio Economic Objective 929999 Health not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2014, Hammill Institute on Disabilities Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30082458 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to in press version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 24 Mar 2016, 15:29:22 EST Thu, 24 Mar 2016, 15:33:40 EST Fri, 25 Mar 2016, 04:01:33 EST Tue, 16 Aug 2016, 06:08:25 EST Mon, 26 Sep 2016, 10:40:44 EST Mon, 26 Sep 2016, 10:43:58 EST Mon, 26 Sep 2016, 10:44:49 EST Fri, 19 May 2017, 10:57:11 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 19 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 24 Mar 2016, 15:33:40 EST

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