Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, USA.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2024 Apr;54(4):1538-1548. doi: 10.1007/s10803-023-05892-0. Epub 2023 Jan 23.
Daily mood can be influenced by a range of experiences. Identifying everyday life experiences that make autistic adults happy and unhappy holds potential to foster positive mood and tackle mental health problems amongst this group.
A total of 293 autistic adults between the ages of 18 to 35 years old (mean age of 26.51 years old (SD = 4.62); 43.3% female gender, 4.8% nonbinary) provided open-text responses regarding everyday sources of happiness and unhappiness. Using an iterative process of inductive coding, 14 happy themes and 22 unhappy themes of mood-changing life experiences were identified based on self-report qualitative data.
Common themes across the happy and unhappy domain involved social partners, social interactions, and engagement in recreational and employment activities, with additional distinct themes specific to happy or unhappy mood. Top themes identified in the happy domain emphasizes encouraging quality relationships and positive interactions with others and cultivating supportive work/societal environments to build a sense of achievement and value. Meanwhile, emotional tolls accompanied negative relationships and interactions, underscoring the necessity to provide autistic adults with conflict resolution and coping skills to increase feelings of happiness.
Overall, the wide range of sources of happy and unhappy everyday experiences highlights the importance of considering personal preferences in engagement with others and activities in treatment.
日常情绪可能会受到各种经历的影响。确定使自闭症成年人感到快乐和不快乐的日常生活经历，有可能培养他们的积极情绪，并解决这一群体的心理健康问题。
共有 293 名年龄在 18 至 35 岁之间的自闭症成年人（平均年龄为 26.51 岁（标准差=4.62）；43.3%为女性，4.8%为非二进制）提供了关于日常快乐和不快乐来源的开放文本回复。基于自我报告的定性数据，采用归纳编码的迭代过程，确定了 14 个快乐主题和 22 个改变情绪的生活经历的不快乐主题。
快乐和不快乐领域的常见主题涉及社会伙伴、社交互动以及参与娱乐和就业活动，此外还有特定于快乐或不快乐情绪的独特主题。快乐领域中确定的主要主题强调鼓励高质量的人际关系和与他人的积极互动，并培养支持性的工作/社会环境，以建立成就感和价值感。同时，消极的人际关系和互动带来了情绪上的痛苦，这突显了为自闭症成年人提供冲突解决和应对技能的必要性，以增加幸福感。
总体而言，快乐和不快乐日常经历的广泛来源强调了在与他人和活动互动中考虑个人偏好的重要性。
