Paula-Pérez Isabel, Artigas-Pallarés Josep
Universidad de Barcelona, España. E-mail:
Universidad de Barcelona, España.
Medicina (B Aires). 2020;80 Suppl 2:17-20.
We start from the evidence that confirms a greater vulnerability to anxiety in people with autism and to wonder to what extent the intolerance to the uncertainty mediates in that anxiety. In addition, the alterations of the predictive abilities in autism could explain the coherence between greater intolerance to uncertainty and some peculiarities inherent in autism such as patterns of restrictive and stereotyped behaviors, interests and activities, and particularities in the processing of sensory information. This information will allow us to develop interventions specifically focused on this construct for the prevention and improvement of anxiety symptoms in autism in cases that the severity of intolerance to uncertainty constitutes a significant risk factor.
我们从证实自闭症患者更容易焦虑的证据出发，思考不确定性不耐受在这种焦虑中起到了多大程度的中介作用。此外，自闭症患者预测能力的改变可以解释不确定性不耐受与自闭症固有一些特点之间的关联，比如限制性和刻板行为模式、兴趣和活动，以及感官信息处理方面的特点。如果不确定性不耐受的严重程度构成一个重大风险因素，这些信息将使我们能够针对这一结构制定专门的干预措施，以预防和改善自闭症患者的焦虑症状。
