Moss, P;
Mandy, W;
Howlin, P;
(2017)
Child and Adult Factors Related to Quality of Life in Adults with Autism.
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
, 47
(6)
pp. 1830-1837.
10.1007/s10803-017-3105-5.
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Abstract
The WHO Quality of Life-Brief questionnaire was used to assess quality of life (QoL) among 52 adults with autism (mean age 49 years) followed-up since childhood. Overall, assessments of QOL were more positive than measures of objective social outcome (jobs, independence, relationships etc.) but correlations between caregiver and self-reports were low. Informant ratings indicated few correlations between current QoL and any child or adult factors. On self-report ratings, QoL was significantly negatively correlated with severity of repetitive behaviours in childhood; higher QoL was positively associated with better adult social outcomes. However, only a minority of adults (n = 22) could provide self-report data and findings highlight the need to develop valid measures for assessing the well-being of adults with autism.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Child and Adult Factors Related to Quality of Life in Adults with Autism |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10803-017-3105-5 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-017-3105-5 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Author(s) 2017. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
| Keywords: | Social Sciences, Psychology, Developmental, Psychology, Autism, Quality of Life, Adult, Adult outcome, HIGH-FUNCTIONING ADULTS, TERM-FOLLOW-UP, SPECTRUM DISORDERS, SELF, INDIVIDUALS, ADOLESCENTS, YOUTH, DISABILITY, OUTCOMES, AVERAGE |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1551092 |
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