TY - JOUR
T1 - Brief Report
T2 - Personality Mediates the Relationship between Autism Quotient and Well-Being: A Conceptual Replication using Self-Report
AU - Rodgers, Jonathan D.
AU - Lodi-Smith, Jennifer
AU - Hill, Patrick L.
AU - Spain, Seth M.
AU - Lopata, Christopher
AU - Thomeer, Marcus L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) impacts well-being across the lifespan. Individuals with ASD evidence differences in personality traits and self-concept clarity that are predictors of well-being in typically-developing individuals. The current research replicates a growing body of evidence demonstrating differences in well-being and personality between individuals low in ASD characteristics (n = 207) and individuals high in ASD characteristics (n = 46) collected from the general population using an online survey. Results were consistent in a subsample of demographically matched pairs (n = 39 per group) and relative to norms. Further, the current research provides the first evidence that openness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and self-concept clarity mediate the relationship between ASD characteristics and well-being.
AB - Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) impacts well-being across the lifespan. Individuals with ASD evidence differences in personality traits and self-concept clarity that are predictors of well-being in typically-developing individuals. The current research replicates a growing body of evidence demonstrating differences in well-being and personality between individuals low in ASD characteristics (n = 207) and individuals high in ASD characteristics (n = 46) collected from the general population using an online survey. Results were consistent in a subsample of demographically matched pairs (n = 39 per group) and relative to norms. Further, the current research provides the first evidence that openness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and self-concept clarity mediate the relationship between ASD characteristics and well-being.
KW - Autism spectrum disorder
KW - Personality traits
KW - Self-concept clarity
KW - Well-being
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85029496716&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10803-017-3290-2
DO - 10.1007/s10803-017-3290-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 28918443
AN - SCOPUS:85029496716
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 48
SP - 307
EP - 315
JO - Journal of autism and developmental disorders
JF - Journal of autism and developmental disorders
IS - 1
ER -