Brief Report: Do autistic traits explain lower levels of psychological well-being in non-binary individuals? / Agata GASIOROWSKA ; Magdalena KRÓL in Research in Autism, 124 (June 2025)  

Public ISBD [article]  inResearch in Autism > 124 (June 2025) . - 202590 Titre : Brief Report: Do autistic traits explain lower levels of psychological well-being in non-binary individuals? Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Agata GASIOROWSKA, Auteur ; Magdalena KRÓL, Auteur Article en page(s) : 202590 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Non-binary gender identity  Autistic traits  Well-being  Depression  Life satisfaction Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The link between autistic traits and gender diversity is well established and it is also known that both autistic and non-binary individuals may demonstrate lower levels of mental health. In this preregistered study, we tested whether autistic traits account for the lower psychological well-being of non-binary people. We compared a group of 135 non-binary individuals with 126 cisgender participants of similar age. We measured their level of autistic traits using the Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) questionnaire. We treated psychological well-being as a latent variable constructed from the life satisfaction (SWL, cognitive component) and depression (CESD-R, affective component) scales. We found significantly lower psychological well-being, which included both significantly lower life satisfaction and significantly higher levels of depression, and significantly higher levels of autistic traits in non-binary participants compared to cisgender participants. Further analysis of the indirect effect showed that higher levels of autistic traits accounted for the association between non-binary gender identification and lower psychological well-being, confirming the hypothesis. This finding demonstrates the importance of autism screening in the non-binary population. Furthermore, interventions to improve well-being of the non-binary population should not be limited to working with gender dysphoria, but should also consider areas of functioning typically associated with autism. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reia.2025.202590 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=556 [article] Brief Report: Do autistic traits explain lower levels of psychological well-being in non-binary individuals? [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Agata GASIOROWSKA, Auteur ; Magdalena KRÓL, Auteur . - 202590. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Research in Autism > 124 (June 2025) . - 202590 Mots-clés : Non-binary gender identity  Autistic traits  Well-being  Depression  Life satisfaction Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The link between autistic traits and gender diversity is well established and it is also known that both autistic and non-binary individuals may demonstrate lower levels of mental health. In this preregistered study, we tested whether autistic traits account for the lower psychological well-being of non-binary people. We compared a group of 135 non-binary individuals with 126 cisgender participants of similar age. We measured their level of autistic traits using the Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) questionnaire. We treated psychological well-being as a latent variable constructed from the life satisfaction (SWL, cognitive component) and depression (CESD-R, affective component) scales. We found significantly lower psychological well-being, which included both significantly lower life satisfaction and significantly higher levels of depression, and significantly higher levels of autistic traits in non-binary participants compared to cisgender participants. Further analysis of the indirect effect showed that higher levels of autistic traits accounted for the association between non-binary gender identification and lower psychological well-being, confirming the hypothesis. This finding demonstrates the importance of autism screening in the non-binary population. Furthermore, interventions to improve well-being of the non-binary population should not be limited to working with gender dysphoria, but should also consider areas of functioning typically associated with autism. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reia.2025.202590 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=556

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