Anxiety Sensitivity Domains are Differently Affected by Social and Non-social Autistic Traits

Anxiety sensitivity (AS) is implicated in the development and maintenance of several psychopathological conditions. Non-clinical individuals with high autistic traits may develop anxiety disorders and depressive symptoms. Here, we investigated the relationships of autistic traits with AS dimensions...

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Autores principales: Baiano, Chiara, Raimo, Gennaro, Zappullo, Isa, Cecere, Roberta, Rauso, Barbara, Positano, Monica, Conson, Massimiliano
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Publicado: Springer US 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9296403/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34374915
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-05228-w
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author Baiano, Chiara
Raimo, Gennaro
Zappullo, Isa
Cecere, Roberta
Rauso, Barbara
Positano, Monica
Conson, Massimiliano
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description Anxiety sensitivity (AS) is implicated in the development and maintenance of several psychopathological conditions. Non-clinical individuals with high autistic traits may develop anxiety disorders and depressive symptoms. Here, we investigated the relationships of autistic traits with AS dimensions and depression, considering sex. We referred to the two-factor model of the autism spectrum quotient to distinguish social and non-social autistic traits and assessed 345 university students on AS and depression scales. Results showed that only social autistic traits predicted general AS and anxiety-related concerns regarding social and cognitive domains. The present results emphasize the need of assessing multiple domains of anxiety in individuals on the autistic spectrum, differentiating social and non-social traits.
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spelling pubmed-92964032022-07-21 Anxiety Sensitivity Domains are Differently Affected by Social and Non-social Autistic Traits Baiano, Chiara Raimo, Gennaro Zappullo, Isa Cecere, Roberta Rauso, Barbara Positano, Monica Conson, Massimiliano J Autism Dev Disord Original Paper Anxiety sensitivity (AS) is implicated in the development and maintenance of several psychopathological conditions. Non-clinical individuals with high autistic traits may develop anxiety disorders and depressive symptoms. Here, we investigated the relationships of autistic traits with AS dimensions and depression, considering sex. We referred to the two-factor model of the autism spectrum quotient to distinguish social and non-social autistic traits and assessed 345 university students on AS and depression scales. Results showed that only social autistic traits predicted general AS and anxiety-related concerns regarding social and cognitive domains. The present results emphasize the need of assessing multiple domains of anxiety in individuals on the autistic spectrum, differentiating social and non-social traits. Springer US 2021-08-10 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9296403/ /pubmed/34374915 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-05228-w Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Cecere, Roberta
Rauso, Barbara
Positano, Monica
Conson, Massimiliano
Anxiety Sensitivity Domains are Differently Affected by Social and Non-social Autistic Traits
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title_full_unstemmed Anxiety Sensitivity Domains are Differently Affected by Social and Non-social Autistic Traits
title_short Anxiety Sensitivity Domains are Differently Affected by Social and Non-social Autistic Traits
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9296403/
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