Which Psychological Resilience Attributes Are Associated with Lower Aspects of Anxiety in Boys with an Autism Spectrum Disorder? Implications for Guidance and Counselling Interventions

Autor/inn/en	Bitsika, Vicki; Sharpley, Christopher F.
Titel	Which Psychological Resilience Attributes Are Associated with Lower Aspects of Anxiety in Boys with an Autism Spectrum Disorder? Implications for Guidance and Counselling Interventions
Quelle	In: British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 42 (2014) 5, S.544-556 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0306-9885
DOI	10.1080/03069885.2014.931929
Schlagwörter	Males; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Autism; Anxiety; Fatigue (Biology); Coping; Correlation; Resilience (Psychology); Internet; Questionnaires; Measures (Individuals); Foreign Countries; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Depression (Psychology); Regression (Statistics); Statistical Analysis; Children; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Autismus; Angst; Fatigue; Ermüdung; Bewältigung; Korrelation; Fragebogen; Messdaten; Ausland; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Statistische Analyse; Child; Kind; Kinder; Australien
Abstract	The effect of psychological resilience as a buffer against anxiety was investigated in a sample of 39 boys with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD) via individual online questionnaire responses to standardised inventories for assessing anxiety and psychological resilience. Ability to handle problems, make good decisions, think before acting and help others were the most powerful buffers against Generalised Anxiety Disorder, while thinking before acting significantly buffered social phobia. Believing that they were able to handle problems was significantly associated with less emotional anxiety about school, work or social activities, being irritable, unable to relax and fatigue. As well as describing the pathways between the components of psychological resilience and anxiety, these findings also suggest several specific directions for training programmes aimed at equipping boys with an ASD with skills to cope more effectively with anxiety. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10