Department of Psychiatry, Koç University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Research Center for Translational Medicine, Koç University, Istanbul, Türkiye.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2024 Jul;54(7):2578-2590. doi: 10.1007/s10803-023-05933-8. Epub 2023 May 4.
Long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on autistic individuals and their families are recently emerging. This study investigated these effects in 40 mother-child dyads by measuring the behavioral problems of autistic individuals (via Aberrant Behavior Checklist) and their mothers' anxiety levels (via Beck Anxiety Inventory) during the pre-pandemic period, one month after, and one year after its onset. One year into the pandemic, aberrant behaviors of autistic individuals worsened only for those whose mothers had high anxiety levels. The continued negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the behavior of autistic individuals is related to their mother's anxiety level, highlighting the need to support maternal mental health in families with individuals with autism.
COVID-19 大流行对自闭症个体及其家庭的长期影响最近才显现出来。本研究通过在大流行前、大流行开始一个月后和一年后测量自闭症个体的行为问题(通过异常行为检查表)和他们的母亲的焦虑水平(通过贝克焦虑量表),在 40 对母子中调查了这些影响。大流行一年后,只有那些母亲焦虑水平较高的自闭症个体的异常行为恶化了。COVID-19 大流行对自闭症个体行为的持续负面影响与他们母亲的焦虑水平有关,这突显了在自闭症个体家庭中需要支持母亲的心理健康。