Sáez-Suanes Gema P
Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology. Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Autonoma University of Madrid, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Autism Res. 2025 Feb;18(2):325-333. doi: 10.1002/aur.3285. Epub 2024 Dec 5.
Anxiety is a very common mental health disorder in the ASD population. Despite the common comorbidity this association is not well understood. To understand the relationship between anxiety symptoms and ASD in a sample of people with ASD and intellectual disability, a network analysis was carried out. One hundred and twenty-eight adults (M = 36.63 age, SD = 8,54) were evaluated to know the structure of anxiety symptoms in autism and their relationship with ASD symptomatology. The results showed a single network where both symptomatologies were mixed. Bridging symptoms such as fear of being touched, fear of something bad happening to them, and the need for invariance and anticipation were identified. Moreover, social issues such as difficulty in making friends were associated with anxiety symptoms. Knowing and identifying ASD symptoms that are strongly linked to the anxiety network has important implications for the prevention of anxiety in this case in people with autism and intellectual disabilities.
焦虑是自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）人群中非常常见的心理健康障碍。尽管这种关联常伴有共病现象，但人们对其了解并不充分。为了了解患有ASD和智力残疾的人群样本中焦虑症状与ASD之间的关系，进行了一项网络分析。对128名成年人（年龄M = 36.63，标准差SD = 8.54）进行了评估，以了解自闭症中焦虑症状的结构及其与ASD症状学的关系。结果显示出一个单一的网络，其中两种症状相互交织。识别出了一些桥梁症状，如害怕被触摸、害怕自己遭遇不好的事情，以及对不变性和预期的需求。此外，诸如交友困难等社交问题与焦虑症状相关。了解并识别与焦虑网络紧密相连的ASD症状，对于预防自闭症和智力残疾患者出现焦虑具有重要意义。
