Advancing the understanding of mental health in autistic youth: Implications from developmental psychopathology and neurodiversity perspectives / Sharada G. KRISHNAN in Research in Autism, 128 (October 2025)  

Public ISBD [article]  inResearch in Autism > 128 (October 2025) . - p.202717 Titre : Advancing the understanding of mental health in autistic youth: Implications from developmental psychopathology and neurodiversity perspectives Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Sharada G. KRISHNAN, Auteur ; Gael I. ORSMOND, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.202717 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autism  Mental health  Developmental psychopathology  Neurodiversity  Strengths-based approaches  Resilience  Children and youth Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Autistic youth experience disproportionately high rates of mental health challenges, including anxiety and depression, which often persist into adulthood and impact quality of life. Despite growing attention, research on mental health in autistic youth has not been consistently grounded in explicit theoretical frameworks. We review two theoretical perspectives—developmental psychopathology and the neurodiversity paradigm—that can enrich an understanding of mental health in autistic youth and guide future research in this area. A developmental psychopathology perspective focuses on the dynamic interactions among risk, protective, and promotive factors that influence mental health, while the neurodiversity paradigm frames autism as a valued form of human diversity and centers lived experiences, strengths, and contextual barriers. We first trace the historical contributions of developmental psychopathology to autism research and examine tensions between this body of work and the neurodiversity paradigm. We then explore how a developmental psychopathology perspective, when focused specifically on mental health in autistic youth, and the neurodiversity paradigm can be integrated to advance mental health research across three areas: (1) the measurement of mental health outcomes, (2) the identification of risk, protective, and promotive factors, and (3) the impact of traumatic experiences on resilience and mental health. Leveraging the strengths of both a developmental psychopathology perspective and the neurodiversity paradigm can advance a more theoretically grounded, methodologically rigorous, and neurodiversity-informed research agenda aligned with the priorities of the autistic community. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reia.2025.202717 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=570 [article] Advancing the understanding of mental health in autistic youth: Implications from developmental psychopathology and neurodiversity perspectives [texte imprimé] / Sharada G. KRISHNAN, Auteur ; Gael I. ORSMOND, Auteur . - p.202717. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Research in Autism > 128 (October 2025) . - p.202717 Mots-clés : Autism  Mental health  Developmental psychopathology  Neurodiversity  Strengths-based approaches  Resilience  Children and youth Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Autistic youth experience disproportionately high rates of mental health challenges, including anxiety and depression, which often persist into adulthood and impact quality of life. Despite growing attention, research on mental health in autistic youth has not been consistently grounded in explicit theoretical frameworks. We review two theoretical perspectives—developmental psychopathology and the neurodiversity paradigm—that can enrich an understanding of mental health in autistic youth and guide future research in this area. A developmental psychopathology perspective focuses on the dynamic interactions among risk, protective, and promotive factors that influence mental health, while the neurodiversity paradigm frames autism as a valued form of human diversity and centers lived experiences, strengths, and contextual barriers. We first trace the historical contributions of developmental psychopathology to autism research and examine tensions between this body of work and the neurodiversity paradigm. We then explore how a developmental psychopathology perspective, when focused specifically on mental health in autistic youth, and the neurodiversity paradigm can be integrated to advance mental health research across three areas: (1) the measurement of mental health outcomes, (2) the identification of risk, protective, and promotive factors, and (3) the impact of traumatic experiences on resilience and mental health. Leveraging the strengths of both a developmental psychopathology perspective and the neurodiversity paradigm can advance a more theoretically grounded, methodologically rigorous, and neurodiversity-informed research agenda aligned with the priorities of the autistic community. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reia.2025.202717 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=570

Describing Outcomes in Autistic Young Adults One Year After High School Graduation / Gael I. ORSMOND ; Sharada G. KRISHNAN ; Elizabeth G.S. MUNSELL ; Ellen S. COHN ; Wendy J. COSTER in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 55-2 (February 2025)  

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 55-2 (February 2025) . - p.695-705 Titre : Describing Outcomes in Autistic Young Adults One Year After High School Graduation : Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Gael I. ORSMOND, Auteur ; Sharada G. KRISHNAN, Auteur ; Elizabeth G.S. MUNSELL, Auteur ; Ellen S. COHN, Auteur ; Wendy J. COSTER, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.695-705 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Research documents poor outcomes for autistic adults in the domains of employment, independent living, and social relationships. Measurement and sample limitations in prior studies may have amplified past estimates of poor outcomes. The goal of the current study was to improve upon past approaches and to create and describe a measurement approach to capture adult outcomes that reflected the context of young adulthood and the perspectives of autistic individuals, pairing objective outcome indicators with subjective satisfaction indicators. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-023-06152-x Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=548 [article] Describing Outcomes in Autistic Young Adults One Year After High School Graduation : Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders [texte imprimé] / Gael I. ORSMOND, Auteur ; Sharada G. KRISHNAN, Auteur ; Elizabeth G.S. MUNSELL, Auteur ; Ellen S. COHN, Auteur ; Wendy J. COSTER, Auteur . - p.695-705. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 55-2 (February 2025) . - p.695-705 Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Research documents poor outcomes for autistic adults in the domains of employment, independent living, and social relationships. Measurement and sample limitations in prior studies may have amplified past estimates of poor outcomes. The goal of the current study was to improve upon past approaches and to create and describe a measurement approach to capture adult outcomes that reflected the context of young adulthood and the perspectives of autistic individuals, pairing objective outcome indicators with subjective satisfaction indicators. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-023-06152-x Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=548

Predicting Post-School Outcomes in Autistic Young Adults One Year after High School Graduation / Gael I. ORSMOND in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 56-8 (August 2026)  

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 56-8 (August 2026) . - p.2889-2902 Titre : Predicting Post-School Outcomes in Autistic Young Adults One Year after High School Graduation Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Gael I. ORSMOND, Auteur ; Sharada G. KRISHNAN, Auteur ; Elizabeth G. S. MUNSELL, Auteur ; Ellen S. COHN, Auteur ; Wendy J. COSTER, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.2889-2902 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The aim of the present longitudinal study was to identify malleable factors during the last year of high school that predicted post-school outcomes in autistic youth one year after high school graduation. We then explored whether depressive symptoms in high school mediated the associations between other malleable factors and post-school outcomes. Thirty-two autistic youth and a parent completed surveys during the youth’s final year of high school (T1) and one-year post-high school graduation (T2). Malleable factors measured at T1 included social communication skills, executive functions, responsibility for daily tasks, and depressive symptoms. The T2 young adult outcome measure included both objective and subjective indicators of productivity, social well-being, and autonomy in living situation. All malleable factors except social communication skills were significantly correlated with young adult outcomes. T1 executive functions, responsibility for daily tasks, and depressive symptoms jointly predicted 40.2% of the variance in young adult outcomes. Only depressive symptoms explained a significant amount of unique variance in young adult outcomes. In addition, depressive symptoms mediated the predictive association between executive functioning and young adult outcomes. The findings suggest that depressive symptoms may be a key intervention target for autistic high school students. Adapting cognitive behavioral approaches to comprehensively address multiple transdiagnostic factors such as executive functions, responsibility for daily tasks, and mental health may be a promising avenue to promote positive post-school outcomes in this population. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-025-06782-3 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=591 [article] Predicting Post-School Outcomes in Autistic Young Adults One Year after High School Graduation [texte imprimé] / Gael I. ORSMOND, Auteur ; Sharada G. KRISHNAN, Auteur ; Elizabeth G. S. MUNSELL, Auteur ; Ellen S. COHN, Auteur ; Wendy J. COSTER, Auteur . - p.2889-2902. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 56-8 (August 2026) . - p.2889-2902 Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The aim of the present longitudinal study was to identify malleable factors during the last year of high school that predicted post-school outcomes in autistic youth one year after high school graduation. We then explored whether depressive symptoms in high school mediated the associations between other malleable factors and post-school outcomes. Thirty-two autistic youth and a parent completed surveys during the youth’s final year of high school (T1) and one-year post-high school graduation (T2). Malleable factors measured at T1 included social communication skills, executive functions, responsibility for daily tasks, and depressive symptoms. The T2 young adult outcome measure included both objective and subjective indicators of productivity, social well-being, and autonomy in living situation. All malleable factors except social communication skills were significantly correlated with young adult outcomes. T1 executive functions, responsibility for daily tasks, and depressive symptoms jointly predicted 40.2% of the variance in young adult outcomes. Only depressive symptoms explained a significant amount of unique variance in young adult outcomes. In addition, depressive symptoms mediated the predictive association between executive functioning and young adult outcomes. The findings suggest that depressive symptoms may be a key intervention target for autistic high school students. Adapting cognitive behavioral approaches to comprehensively address multiple transdiagnostic factors such as executive functions, responsibility for daily tasks, and mental health may be a promising avenue to promote positive post-school outcomes in this population. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-025-06782-3 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=591

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