Funawatari Ren, Sumiya Motofumi, Iwabuchi Toshiki, Senju Atsushi
United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University, and University of Fukui, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Research Center for Child Mental Development, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu 431-3192, Japan.
Brain Sci. 2024 Sep 25;14(10):962. doi: 10.3390/brainsci14100962.
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Autistic people employ various social strategies to form and maintain interpersonal relationships in their daily environments. These strategies can help autistic people with social interactions (leading to self-perceived efficacy of using social strategies), but can also lead to cognitive fatigue (self-perceived effort of using social strategies). However, previous studies have focused primarily on self-perceived effort, overlooking the self-perceived efficacy of using social strategies, and the balance between self-perceived effort and efficacy. To address this gap, this study examined the impact of autistic people's use of social strategies on their well-being, focusing on self-perceived effort, self-perceived efficacy, and their interaction effect.
An online survey was conducted among self-reported autistic people in Japan aged 18-65 years, using a modified Compensation Checklist. Data from 104 self-reported autistic participants were analyzed using linear regression.
High self-perceived effort in using social strategies was negatively associated with well-being, whereas high self-perceived efficacy was positively associated with well-being. The interaction effect between effort and efficacy was not significant. These results were supported even when loneliness was used as an index of social well-being. Additionally, the number of strategies used by an autistic person was positively associated with well-being.
This study highlights the double-edged effect of autistic people using social strategies, and that using a broader repertoire of social strategies may improve the well-being of autistic people. These findings call for a nuanced approach by researchers and clinicians considering both the positive and negative aspects of using social strategies.
背景/目的：自闭症患者在日常环境中会运用各种社交策略来建立和维持人际关系。这些策略有助于自闭症患者进行社交互动（从而产生使用社交策略的自我效能感），但也可能导致认知疲劳（使用社交策略的自我感知努力）。然而，以往的研究主要关注自我感知努力，忽视了使用社交策略的自我效能感以及自我感知努力与效能之间的平衡。为了填补这一空白，本研究考察了自闭症患者使用社交策略对其幸福感的影响，重点关注自我感知努力、自我感知效能及其交互作用。
使用改良的补偿清单对日本18 - 65岁自我报告为自闭症的人群进行在线调查。对104名自我报告为自闭症的参与者的数据进行线性回归分析。
使用社交策略时的高自我感知努力与幸福感呈负相关，而高自我感知效能与幸福感呈正相关。努力与效能之间的交互作用不显著。即使将孤独感作为社会幸福感的指标，这些结果依然成立。此外，自闭症患者使用策略的数量与幸福感呈正相关。
本研究突出了自闭症患者使用社交策略的双刃剑效应，并且使用更广泛的社交策略可能会改善自闭症患者的幸福感。这些发现呼吁研究人员和临床医生采用细致入微的方法，同时考虑使用社交策略的积极和消极方面。
