Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Their Neuro-typical Peers – Differences and Influences of Loneliness, Stress and Self-efficacy on Life Satisfaction | Zendy

Carmen Feldhaus | Zendy; Ute Koglin | Zendy; Jens Devermann | Zendy; Hanna Logemann | Zendy; Alfred L. Lorenz | Zendy

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Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Their Neuro-typical Peers – Differences and Influences of Loneliness, Stress and Self-efficacy on Life Satisfaction

Author(s) -

Carmen Feldhaus,

Ute Koglin,

Jens Devermann,

Hanna Logemann,

Alfred L. Lorenz

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

universal journal of educational research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2332-3213

pISSN - 2332-3205

DOI - 10.13189/ujer.2015.030604

Subject(s) - loneliness , psychology , autism , life satisfaction , stress (linguistics) , developmental psychology , self efficacy , clinical psychology , social psychology , linguistics , philosophy

The purpose of this study was to explore the interrelationships among the effects of loneliness, stress and self-efficacy on the life satisfaction of people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and their neuro-typically developed peers. The participants (N=104), all male, were between 15 and 27 years of age. Half of them were diagnosed having ASD the other half were neuro-typical. They completed several self-reported measurements. We found significant differences between the two groups in reported loneliness, life satisfaction and self-efficacy. The conclusions point towards the need for broader studies of self-efficacy and life satisfaction of people with ASD and a reconsidering of the universality of developmental tasks.

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