Extending the Minority Stress Model to Understand Mental Health Problems Experienced by the Autistic Population

IF 3 1区 社会学 Q1 SOCIOLOGY
M. Botha, D. Frost
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Abstract

Research into autism and mental health has traditionally associated poor mental health and autism as inevitably linked. Other possible explanations for mental health problems among autistic populations have received little attention. As evidenced by the minority disability movement, autism is increasingly being considered part of the identities of autistic people. Autistic individuals thus constitute an identity-based minority and may be exposed to excess social stress as a result of disadvantaged and stigmatized social status. The authors test the utility of the minority stress model as an explanation for the experience of mental health problems within a sample of high-functioning autistic individuals (n = 111). Minority stressors including everyday discrimination, internalized stigma, and concealment significantly predicted poorer mental health, despite controlling for general stress exposure. These results indicate the potential utility of minority stress in explaining increased mental health problems in autistic populations. Implications for research and clinical applications are discussed.
扩展少数民族压力模型以理解自闭症人群所经历的心理健康问题
对自闭症和心理健康的研究传统上将不良心理健康和自闭症联系在一起,这是不可避免的。自闭症人群心理健康问题的其他可能解释很少受到关注。少数民族残疾运动证明,自闭症越来越被视为自闭症患者身份的一部分。因此,自闭症患者构成了基于身份的少数群体,由于处于不利地位和被污名化的社会地位,他们可能会面临过度的社会压力。作者测试了少数群体压力模型作为解释高功能自闭症个体(n=111)心理健康问题经历的效用。少数群体的压力源,包括日常歧视、内化的污名和隐瞒,显著预测了较差的心理健康,尽管控制了一般的压力暴露。这些结果表明,少数民族压力在解释自闭症人群心理健康问题增加方面的潜在效用。对研究和临床应用的意义进行了讨论。
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9.50
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7.80%
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17
期刊介绍: Official journal of the ASA Section on the Sociology of Mental Health. Society and Mental Health (SMH) publishes original and innovative peer-reviewed research and theory articles that link social structure and sociocultural processes with mental health and illness in society. It will also provide an outlet for sociologically relevant research and theory articles that are produced in other disciplines and subfields concerned with issues related to mental health and illness. The aim of the journal is to advance knowledge in the sociology of mental health and illness by publishing the leading work that highlights the unique perspectives and contributions that sociological research and theory can make to our understanding of mental health and illness in society.
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