A Longitudinal Study of the Mental Health of Autistic Children and Adolescents and Their Parents during COVID-19: Part 1, Quantitative Findings

Autor/inn/en	Toseeb, Umar; Asbury, Kathryn
Titel	A Longitudinal Study of the Mental Health of Autistic Children and Adolescents and Their Parents during COVID-19: Part 1, Quantitative Findings
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 27 (2023) 1, S.105-116 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Toseeb, Umar)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/13623613221082715
Schlagwörter	Autism Spectrum Disorders; Children; Adolescents; Mental Health; At Risk Persons; COVID-19; Pandemics; Students with Disabilities; Parent Attitudes; School Closing; Depression (Psychology); Anxiety; In Person Learning; Stress Variables; Well Being; Psychological Patterns; Foreign Countries; Individual Characteristics; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autism; Autismus; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Psychohygiene; Risikogruppe; Student; Students; Disability; Disabilities; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Behinderung; Elternverhalten; School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Angst; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Ausland; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Großbritannien
Abstract	Autistic children and adolescents and their parents are likely to have been disproportionally affected during the COVID-19 pandemic. There has been little focus on how the mental health of these vulnerable families developed during the pandemic and how it compared to those with other special educational needs and disabilities. Questionnaires were completed by a maximum of 527 parents/carers about their own and their child's mental health at one or more time points between 23 March 2020 (at the onset of the first lockdown) and 10 October 2020 (when schools fully reopened for face-to-face teaching). Multi-level regression models were fitted to the data. Autistic young people had more depression and anxiety symptoms compared to young people with other special educational needs and disabilities throughout the study period. As lockdown progressed and schools subsequently reopened for face-to-face teaching, anxiety levels decreased for young people with special educational needs and disabilities but not for autistic young people, whose anxiety levels remained stable throughout. Depression symptoms, however, remained stable for both groups during this period as did parents'/carers' psychological distress and well-being. These findings shed new light on the likely disproportionate effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on anxiety levels in autistic young people. [For "A Longitudinal Study of the Mental Health of Autistic Children and Adolescents and Their Parents during COVID-19: Part 2, Qualitative Findings," see EJ1360821.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01