Brief Report: Influence of gender and age on parent reported subjective well-being in children with and without autism

Sander Begeer; Yujie Ma; Hans M. Koot; Marlies Wierda; C.E.M. van Beijsterveldt; Dorret I. Boomsma; Meike Bartels

doi:10.1016/j.rasd.2016.11.004

Brief Report: Influence of gender and age on parent reported subjective well-being in children with and without autism

Sander Begeer^*, Yujie Ma, Hans M. Koot, Marlies Wierda, C.E.M. van Beijsterveldt, Dorret I. Boomsma, Meike Bartels

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Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are associated with reduced Subjective well-being (SWB). To examine the influence of gender and age on well-being we collected parent reported SWB in children with or without ASD (total n = 1030), aged 8–14 years. Parents reported lower SWB for children with ASD compared to TD children. Gender did not influence SWB, in both ASD and TD groups. Age had no main effect on SWB, but in typically developing children SWB decreased with age while it increased with age in children with ASD. Thus, the difference in SWB between ASD and TD children became smaller throughout development. These findings may reflect different social developmental processes in TD and ASD during early adolescence.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	86-91
Number of pages	6
Journal	Research in autism spectrum disorders
Volume	35
Early online date	28 Dec 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2016.11.004
Publication status	Published - Mar 2017

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Autism
Gender
Happiness
Quality of life
Subjective well-being

Cohort Studies

Netherlands Twin Register (NTR)

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