Stress au cours de la vie et stress perçu, soutien social, solitude et santé chez les adultes autistes.

Titre original en anglais : Lifetime and perceived stress, social support, loneliness, and health in autistic adults.

Moseley, R., Gamble-Turner, J., Spahr, C. M., Shields, G. S., & Slavich, G. M. (2021). Lifetime and perceived stress, social support, loneliness, and health in autistic adults. Health Psychology, 40(8), 556-568. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001108

Date de publication: 01/08/2021 Ajout dans AutiHub: 06/07/2026 Type: Article Langue de l’article: Anglais

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OBJECTIFS : Bien que les conséquences sur la santé de l'exposition au stress de la vie dans la population générale soient bien connues, la manière dont différents facteurs de stress survenant au cours de la vie causent la morbidité et la mortalité dans l'autisme n'est pas claire, pas plus que les facteurs qui modèrent et médiatisent ces associations. Les quelques études ayant comparé des personnes autistes et non autistes ont utilisé des instruments qui produisent peu d'indices d'exposition au stress et évaluent des facteurs de stress survenant sur de courtes périodes. MÉTHODE : Afin de traiter ces questions, nous avons utilisé le Stress and Adversity Inventory pour évaluer l'exposition aux facteurs de stress au cours de la vie et la sévérité perçue des facteurs de stress chez 127 adultes autistes et 104 adultes non autistes. Une analyse de médiation modérée a examiné les associations entre l'exposition aux facteurs de stress et la mauvaise santé physique et mentale au regard du rôle médiateur hypothétisé de la perception des facteurs de stress, ainsi que les effets modérateurs de la solitude et du soutien social. RÉSULTATS : Les adultes autistes ont vécu davantage de facteurs de stress au cours de la vie et ont généralement perçu les facteurs de stress comme étant plus sévères. Une plus grande sévérité perçue des facteurs de stress était liée à une moins bonne santé physique et mentale, ainsi qu'à une plus grande solitude et à un soutien social plus faible dans les deux groupes. Une analyse post hoc supplémentaire de l'association entre le statut diagnostique et la mauvaise santé mentale a révélé que la solitude médiatisait la relation entre le fait d'être autiste et le fait d'avoir une moins bonne santé mentale. CONCLUSION : Les personnes autistes ont vécu davantage de facteurs de stress au cours de la vie, et leur impact sur la santé physique et mentale était médiatisé par la sévérité perçue des facteurs de stress. En outre, la solitude et un faible soutien social étaient associés à un impact négatif plus important de l'exposition au stress au cours de la vie sur la santé mentale. Les interventions qui réduisent les évaluations cognitivo-perceptives du stress et qui ciblent la solitude et le soutien social peuvent aider à réduire le risque de maladies liées au stress chez les personnes autistes. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, tous droits réservés).

OBJECTIVES: Although the health consequences of life stress exposure in the general population are well known, how different stressors occurring over the lifetime cause morbidity and mortality in autism is unclear, as are the factors that moderate and mediate these associations. The few studies that have compared autistic and nonautistic individuals have used instruments that yield few stress exposure indices and assess stressors occurring over short time periods. METHOD: To address these issues, we used the Stress and Adversity Inventory to assess lifetime stressor exposure and perceived stressor severity in 127 autistic and 104 nonautistic adults. Moderated mediation analysis examined associations between stressor exposure and physical and mental ill-health with respect to the hypothesized mediating role of stressor perception, and moderation effects of loneliness and social support. RESULTS: Autistic adults experienced more lifetime stressors and generally perceived stressors as being more severe. Greater perceived stressor severity was related to poorer physical and mental health and to greater loneliness and lower social support for both groups. An additional post hoc analysis of the association between diagnostic status and mental ill-health revealed that loneliness mediated the relation between being autistic and having poorer mental health. CONCLUSION: Autistic individuals experienced more lifetime stressors, and their impact on physical and mental health was mediated by perceived stressor severity. Moreover, loneliness and low social support were associated with greater negative impact of lifetime stress exposure on mental health. Interventions that reduce cognitive-perceptual stress appraisals, and that target loneliness and social support, may help reduce risk for stress-related disease in autistic individuals. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

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