Jahandideh Pardis, Seyedmirzaei Homa, Rasoulian Pegah, Memari Amirhossein
Sports Medicine Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Sports Medicine Research Center, NO.7 Jalal-e-Ale Ahmad Highway, Tehran, Iran.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2025 May 3. doi: 10.1007/s10803-025-06860-6.
Autistic people have long talked about autistic burnout in social media yet there is limited data available in the academic literature, and its definition is still under debate. This scoping review aims to explore the key concepts related to autistic burnout and identify gaps in the current knowledge of this condition. We conducted a comprehensive search across PubMed, Scopus, Embase, Web of Science, and PsycINFO databases to gather data on autistic burnout. The extracted data from 14 included studies fell into six themes, namely Subjective Understanding of Burnout (four subthemes), Burnout Characterization (three subthemes), Evaluation, Co-occurrence and Misidentification, Biological Mechanisms, and Solutions. The Subjective Understanding of Burnout represents the internal point of view (POV) on autistic burnout (experiences and feelings of people who have personally encountered burnout), while the rest fall into the category of external POV (observations or assessments from outside people or experts who observed autistic burnout in affected individuals). Despite the growing literature on autistic burnout, our study reveals several gaps in current knowledge, such as its epidemiology, protective and risk factors, consequences, and educational plans and guidelines to improve awareness and support. Separating findings by the internal and external POVs makes up one of the strengths of this study.
自闭症患者长期以来一直在社交媒体上谈论自闭症倦怠，但学术文献中可用的数据有限，其定义仍在争论中。本综述旨在探讨与自闭症倦怠相关的关键概念，并找出当前对该病症认知的差距。我们在PubMed、Scopus、Embase、Web of Science和PsycINFO数据库中进行了全面搜索，以收集有关自闭症倦怠的数据。从14项纳入研究中提取的数据分为六个主题，即倦怠的主观理解（四个子主题）、倦怠特征（三个子主题）、评估、共现与误认、生物学机制和解决方案。倦怠的主观理解代表了对自闭症倦怠的内部观点（个人经历过倦怠的人的体验和感受），而其余主题则属于外部观点类别（观察受影响个体自闭症倦怠的外部人员或专家的观察或评估）。尽管关于自闭症倦怠的文献越来越多，但我们的研究揭示了当前知识中的几个差距，例如其流行病学、保护因素和风险因素、后果以及提高认识和提供支持的教育计划和指南。按内部和外部观点对研究结果进行分类是本研究的优势之一。
