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http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/27656| Title: | Self-harm and Suicidality Experiences of Middle-Age and Older Adults With vs. Without High Autistic Traits |
| Authors: | Corbett, A Ballard, C Creese, B Aarsland, D Hampshire, A Charlton, RA Happé, F |
| Keywords: | autistic traits;older age;self-harm;suicidality;suicide |
| Issue Date: | 26-May-2022 |
| Publisher: | Springer Nature |
| Citation: | Stewart, G.R. et al. (2023) 'Self-harm and Suicidality Experiences of Middle-Age and Older Adults With vs. Without High Autistic Traits', Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53 (8), pp. 3034 - 3046. doi: 10.1007/s10803-022-05595-y. |
| Abstract: | Copyright © The Author(s) 2022. Suicide has been identified as a leading cause of premature death in autistic populations. Elevated autistic traits have also been associated with higher rates of self-harm, suicidal ideation, and suicidal self-harm in the general population, but this has yet to be examined in older age. Using baseline cross-sectional data from the PROTECT study, middle-age and older adults with high autistic traits (n = 276) had significantly higher rates of suicidal ideation, deliberate self-harm, and suicidal self-harm than an age/sex-matched comparison group (n = 10,495). These differences represented a 5- to 6-fold increase in likelihood for self-harming and suicidality. These findings, which remained when controlling for depression symptoms, suggest that middle-age and older adults with high autistic traits may be particularly at risk of self-harm and suicidal behaviours. |
| Description: | Supplementary Information is available online at; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10803-022-05595-y#Sec16 . |
| URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/27656 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05595-y |
| ISSN: | 0162-3257 |
| Other Identifiers: | ORCID iD: Gavin R. Stewart https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9262-888X ORCID iD: Byron Creese https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6490-6037 |
| Appears in Collections: | Dept of Life Sciences Research Papers |
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