Assessing emotional characteristics in Asian autistic adults without intellectual disability

Yi-Ling Chien; Chen-Chung Liu; Yen-Nan Chiu; Chao-Cheng Lin

doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103472

Assessing emotional characteristics in Asian autistic adults without intellectual disability

Asian J Psychiatr. 2023 Apr:82:103472. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103472. Epub 2023 Jan 18.

Authors

Yi-Ling Chien¹, Chen-Chung Liu², Yen-Nan Chiu², Chao-Cheng Lin³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: ylchien71@ntu.edu.tw.
² Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, New Zealand; Bachelor of Social Services, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand.

PMID: 36682157
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103472

Abstract

This study aimed to characterize the emotional features in Asian autistic adults without intellectual disability (n = 253) in comparison to non-autistic comparisons (n = 56) and schizophrenia (n = 56) by the Schutte's Emotion Intelligence Scale (SEIS). Among the autistic adults, 226 obtained results of both self-reported and mother-reported SEIS; 64 had repeated the SEIS within one month. We found low agreement between self-report and mother-report, particularly in autistic males. Overall, autistic adults showed difficulties in emotion perception and management that were differentiated from schizophrenia and were correlated with autistic features. Autistic adults may need more support and services in emotion perception and management.

Keywords: Assessment; Autism spectrum disorder; Emotion.

MeSH terms

Adult
Autism Spectrum Disorder* / psychology
Autistic Disorder* / psychology
Emotions
Female
Humans
Intellectual Disability*
Male
Schizophrenia*