Publications by authors named "A L Richdale"
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- Autistic children often experience additional psychological, behavioral, or medical conditions, and the study explored how these factors interrelate through network analysis.
- The analysis involved two age groups (2-5 years and 6-17 years) and revealed that sleep difficulties and aggressive behaviors were significant issues across both cohorts.
- The findings suggest that sleep disturbances are a common concern that could guide treatment strategies, while aggressive behavior should be monitored closely as a potential warning sign.
Researchers have begun to explore the characteristics and risk factors for autistic burnout, but assessment tools are lacking. Our study comprehensively examined and compared the psychometric properties of the unpublished 27-item AASPIRE Autistic Burnout Measure (ABM), and personal and work scales of the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) to evaluate their efficacy as screening measures for autistic burnout, with a group of 238 autistic adults. Exploratory factor analyses (EFA) revealed a 4-factor structure for the ABM and a 2-factor structure for the CBI personal scale (CBI-P).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNo tools quantify the experience, psychological, and practical impact of receiving a diagnosis from a non-deficit perspective. Autism is increasingly late diagnosed in adulthood. The Impact of Diagnosis Scale (IODS) was initially developed for borderline personality disorder.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe wider stress literature points to negative associations between stress and well-being. Similarly, the use of engagement coping strategies and disengagement coping strategies in the face of stress are related to improved and reduced well-being respectively. However, in the autistic population stress and coping research is limited to date, and the extent to which coping may moderate the relationship between stress and well-being is not known.
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