Autistic Spectrum Traits and Depressive Symptoms in Children and Adolescents: Mediating the Effects of Social Skills and Relationships with Friends

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  • 小中学生の自閉症的特性が抑うつ症状に及ぼす影響—ソーシャルスキルと友人関係の媒介効果の検討—
  • 小中学生の自閉症的特性が抑うつ症状に及ぼす影響 : ソーシャルスキルと友人関係の媒介効果の検討
  • ショウチュウガクセイ ノ ジヘイショウテキ トクセイ ガ ヨクウツ ショウジョウ ニ オヨボス エイキョウ : ソーシャルスキル ト ユウジン カンケイ ノ バイカイ コウカ ノ ケントウ

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<p>The purpose of the present study is to examine a mediation model wherein autistic traits affect depressive symptoms, mediated social skills and relationships with friends. The participants were 392 school-going children and adolescents (grades 4 to 9) and their mothers. The mothers evaluated the autistic traits and social skills of their children, while the children and adolescents reported on their relationships with friends and any depressive symptoms. The results of the multiple population analysis, using structural equation modeling, suggested that the effects of social issues regarding autistic traits and the associated depression symptoms were mediated by social skills and relationships with friends, among boys in elementary school and boys and girls in junior high school. Among girls in elementary school, however, social skills were not related to relationships with friends. In conclusion, the present study highlights the importance of social skills interventions to prevent depression in children and adolescent with high levels of social impairments associated with autistic traits.</p>

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