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dc.contributor.authorStewart, GR-
dc.contributor.authorCorbett, A-
dc.contributor.authorBallard, C-
dc.contributor.authorCreese, B-
dc.contributor.authorAarsland, D-
dc.contributor.authorHampshire, A-
dc.contributor.authorCharlton, RA-
dc.contributor.authorHappé, F-
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-18T14:02:40Z-
dc.date.available2023-11-18T14:02:40Z-
dc.date.issued2021-12-23-
dc.identifierORCID iD: Gavin R. Stewart https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9262-888X-
dc.identifierORCID iD: Anne Corbett https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2015-0316-
dc.identifierORCID iD: Clive Ballard https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0022-5632-
dc.identifierORCID iD: Byron Creese https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6490-6037-
dc.identifierORCID iD: Dag Aarsland https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6314-216X-
dc.identifierORCID iD: Rebecca A. Charlton https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3326-8762-
dc.identifierORCID iD: Francesca Happé https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9226-4000-
dc.identifier.citationStewart, G.R. et al. (2022) 'Traumatic life experiences and post-traumatic stress symptoms in middle-aged and older adults with and without autistic traits', International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 37 (2), pp. 1 - 10. doi: 10.1002/gps.5669.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0885-6230-
dc.identifier.urihttps://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/27668-
dc.descriptionData Availability Statement: The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to privacy or ethical restrictions.en_US
dc.descriptionSupporting Information is available online at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gps.5669#support-information-section .-
dc.description.abstractCopyright © 2022 The Authors. Objectives: Research with younger adults has begun to explore associations between autism/autistic traits and vulnerability to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Large scale studies and/or examination of age-effects have not been conducted. Methods: Adults aged 50 years+ from the PROTECT study (n = 20,220) completed items about current and childhood socio-communicative difficulties characteristic of autism. Approximately 1% (n = 251) endorsed high autistic traits, henceforth the Autism Spectrum Traits (AST) group. Differences between the AST and an age—and sex-matched “Comparison Older Adults” (COA; n = 9179) group were explored for lifetime traumatic experiences and current symptoms of PTSD, depression, and anxiety. Results: Almost 30% of the AST group, compared to less than 8% of the COA, reported severe trauma in childhood/adulthood, including emotional, physical or sexual abuse. Elevated current PTSD symptoms were reported by AST compared to COA. An interaction was observed between autistic traits and trauma severity; the effect of level of trauma on PTSD symptoms was significantly greater for AST versus COA participants. This interaction remained significant when controlling for current depression and anxiety symptoms. Conclusions: The findings suggest that high autistic traits may increase the likelihood of experiencing trauma across the lifespan, and the impact of severe trauma on PTSD symptoms. Older adults with high (vs. low) autistic traits may be at greater risk of experiencing PTSD symptoms in latter life. Future research should test whether the pattern of results is similar for diagnosed autistic adults.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Institutes of Health Research (NIHR); Economic and Social Research Council.en_US
dc.format.extent1 - 10-
dc.format.mediumPrint-Electronic-
dc.languageEnglish-
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.rightsCopyright © 2022 The Authors. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.-
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/-
dc.subjectageingen_US
dc.subjectASDen_US
dc.subjectautistic traitsen_US
dc.subjectgerontautismen_US
dc.subjectmental healthen_US
dc.subjectolder adultsen_US
dc.subjectPTSDen_US
dc.subjecttraumaen_US
dc.titleTraumatic life experiences and post-traumatic stress symptoms in middle-aged and older adults with and without autistic traitsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/gps.5669-
dc.relation.isPartOfInternational Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry-
pubs.issue2-
pubs.publication-statusPublished-
pubs.volume37-
dc.identifier.eissn1099-1166-
dc.rights.holderThe Authors-
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