Annual Research Review: Quality of life and childhood mental and behavioural disorders–a critical review of the research

U Jonsson, I Alaie, A Löfgren Wilteus… - Journal of child …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background An individual's subjective perception of well‐being is increasingly recognized
as an essential complement to clinical symptomatology and functional impairment in …

The experiences of adults with autism spectrum disorder: Self-determination and quality of life

SY Kim - Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Researchers have suggested self-determined individuals are more likely to
initiate changes to achieve specific goals, resulting in higher quality of life (QoL). However …

Enhancing the validity of a quality of life measure for autistic people

H McConachie, D Mason, JR Parr, D Garland… - Journal of autism and …, 2018 - Springer
Accurate measurement of quality of life (QoL) is important for evaluation of autism services
and trials of interventions. We undertook psychometric validation of the World Health …

Quality of life changes during the COVID-19 pandemic for caregivers of children with ADHD and/or ASD

KW Pecor, G Barbayannis, M Yang, J Johnson… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented many challenges to caregivers of children. Families
with children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and/or autism spectrum …

Influence of autism traits and executive functioning on quality of life in children with an autism spectrum disorder

M De Vries, H Geurts - Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) often experience a low Quality of
Life (QoL). We studied if IQ, early language development, current autism traits, and daily …

Factors associated with subjective quality of life of adults with autism spectrum disorder: Self-report versus maternal reports

J Hong, L Bishop-Fitzpatrick, LE Smith… - Journal of autism and …, 2016 - Springer
We examined factors related to subjective quality of life (QoL) of adults with autism spectrum
disorder (ASD) aged 25–55 (n= 60), using the World Health Organization Quality of Life …

Defining positive outcomes in more and less cognitively able autistic adults

JB McCauley, A Pickles, M Huerta, C Lord - Autism Research, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying positive outcomes for a wide range of intellectual abilities in autism spectrum
disorder (ASD) remains a challenge. Several past studies of autistic adults have used …

Child and adult factors related to quality of life in adults with autism

P Moss, W Mandy, P Howlin - Journal of autism and developmental …, 2017 - Springer
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 …

The relationship between child anxiety and the quality of life of children, and parents of children, on the autism spectrum

D Adams, M Clark, K Simpson - Journal of Autism and Developmental …, 2020 - Springer
Children on the autism spectrum experience high rates of anxiety but little is known about
the impact of anxiety on child or parent quality of life (QoL). This study aimed to investigate …

Evaluating deep learning EEG-based mental stress classification in adolescents with autism for breathing entrainment BCI

A Sundaresan, B Penchina, S Cheong, V Grace… - Brain Informatics, 2021 - Springer
Mental stress is a major individual and societal burden and one of the main contributing
factors that lead to pathologies such as depression, anxiety disorders, heart attacks, and …