Emotion regulation as a mediator between depressive symptoms and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in adults with ASD and intellectual disabilities

The Predictive Relationship Between Sensory Reactivity and Depressive Symptoms in Young Autistic Children with Few to No Words

“…For the below regressions, hypo-reactivity was not included as no relationship was found to depression at either T1 or T2. In line with previous research, the control variable was entered in Step 1 (for example, when looking at the predictive relationship of T1 depression on Timepoint 2 variables, T2 depression was entered as the control variable in Step 1), with subsequent variables entered descending according to strength of correlation (Sáez-Suanes et al, 2020 ). The regression analyses overview can be found in Table 3 and a model of the basic predictive relationship can be found in Fig.…”

School Social Capital Mediates Associations Between ASD Traits and Depression Among Adolescents in General Population

“…Assessing the impact of social capital in other domains will be important extension of the current study. Fourth, the identified mediators of the association between ASD traits and depression, such as emotion regulation (Sáez-Suanes et al, 2020), loneliness (Schiltz et al, 2021), and being bullied (Rai et al, 2018), were not obtained in this study. Fifth, we collected data on only grade and sex, even though other demographic factors could also affect the model examined in the present study.…”

Coping Mechanisms Among Youth and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Competitive Employment

“…Similarly, studies have suggested that individuals with ASD are more reliant on maladaptive emotion regulation strategies which lead to poorer outcomes such as worse social functioning, higher symptoms of anxiety, and more maladaptive behaviour [127][128][129]. In an investigation into emotion regulation as a mediator between depressive symptoms in adults with ASD, Sáez-Suanes et al reported that emotional regulation strategies played an important role in the development of depressive symptoms in adults with ASD (e.g., can be included in depression reduction therapy) [130]. Although there are several studies that look at emotion regulation in individuals with ASD, there is limited literature that focuses on emotion regulation in the context of employment for youth and young adults with ASD.…”