TY - JOUR
T1 - More than Leisure
T2 - Organized Activity Participation and Socio-Emotional Adjustment Among Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
AU - Bohnert, Amy
AU - Lieb, Rebecca
AU - Arola, Nicole
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the Interactive Autism Network (IAN) at the Kennedy Krieger Institute for their assistance in recruitment for this study. Compensation for study participants was funded by an internal research grant from Loyola University Chicago. AB conceived of the study, provided oversight in its design, interpreted the data, and drafted the manuscript. RL conceived of the study, coordinated its design, performed the statistical analyses, interpreted the data, and drafted the manuscript. NA performed the statistical analyses, interpreted the data, and drafted the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2019/7/15
Y1 - 2019/7/15
N2 - Adolescents with high-functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder (HFASD) experience difficulties with socio-emotional adjustment, including compromised friendships, feelings of loneliness, and depression. Using a sample of 127 adolescents with HFASD and their parents, this study is first to examine: (1) relations between organized activity (OA) involvement and adjustment and (2) whether these relations were moderated by social impairment and executive functions. Results indicated that greater intensity, breadth, and academic OA involvement were associated with fewer depressive symptoms. OA intensity was also associated with less loneliness. For adolescents with better emotional control, greater intensity was associated with better friendship quality. Results suggest that for adolescents with HFASD, more involvement in OA is associated with better socio-emotional adjustment even after accounting for risk factors.
AB - Adolescents with high-functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder (HFASD) experience difficulties with socio-emotional adjustment, including compromised friendships, feelings of loneliness, and depression. Using a sample of 127 adolescents with HFASD and their parents, this study is first to examine: (1) relations between organized activity (OA) involvement and adjustment and (2) whether these relations were moderated by social impairment and executive functions. Results indicated that greater intensity, breadth, and academic OA involvement were associated with fewer depressive symptoms. OA intensity was also associated with less loneliness. For adolescents with better emotional control, greater intensity was associated with better friendship quality. Results suggest that for adolescents with HFASD, more involvement in OA is associated with better socio-emotional adjustment even after accounting for risk factors.
KW - Autism spectrum disorder
KW - Organized activity
KW - Social adjustment
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U2 - 10.1007/s10803-016-2783-8
DO - 10.1007/s10803-016-2783-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 27141864
AN - SCOPUS:84965036049
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 49
SP - 2637
EP - 2652
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
IS - 7
ER -