School of Social & Political Sciences, Faculty of Art, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125, Australia.
Res Dev Disabil. 2022 Oct;129:104310. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2022.104310. Epub 2022 Aug 1.
Navigating workplace social interactions can be stressful for autistic people and be experienced differently by gender. A better understanding of the autistic experience of these difficulties is needed to inform effective policy, practice, and individualized support.
Fifty-five autistic individuals (n women=32; n men=22) participated in either an online survey or focus group. Data were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis.
The data suggests that the social and interaction expectations placed upon autistic individuals differ by gender and can contribute to occupational stress.
The data provides a basis for further investigation considering Conservation of Resources Theory and its practical application to inform reasonable adjustments in the workplace for autistic people.
The gendered workplace experiences of autistic people is an emerging area of research. However, how workplace social interactions are experienced by each gender remains under-researched. An understanding of this could help decrease occupational stress, inform reasonable adjustments, and increase labor market participation in this population. This paper adds to the existing literature in showing that workplace social interactions for autistic people are experienced differently by gender. As such, the implications in the experience of occupational stress may also differ. Therefore, the importance of having reasonable adjustments in the workplace that account for gender is highlighted.
对于自闭症患者来说，职场社交互动可能会带来压力，而且这种压力在不同性别之间的体验也有所不同。为了制定有效的政策、实践和个性化支持，我们需要更好地了解自闭症患者在这些困难方面的体验。
55 名自闭症患者（女性 n=32；男性 n=22）参与了在线调查或焦点小组。使用归纳主题分析方法对数据进行分析。
数据表明，社会和互动期望因性别而异，这可能导致职业压力。
数据为进一步研究提供了基础，考虑到资源保存理论及其在为自闭症患者提供合理工作场所调整方面的实际应用。
自闭症患者的职场性别体验是一个新兴的研究领域。然而，每个性别的职场社交互动体验仍有待进一步研究。了解这一点有助于减少职业压力、制定合理的调整措施，并增加该人群的劳动力市场参与度。本文在现有的文献基础上进一步指出，职场社交互动对自闭症患者的影响因性别而异。因此，职业压力体验方面的影响也可能不同。因此，强调在工作场所做出合理调整以考虑到性别的重要性。
