Bullying and Identity Development: Insights from Autistic and Nonautistic College Students.

Reduced cognitive empathy may put autistic people at risk for bullying. We compared interpretations of bullying provided by 22 autistic and 15 non-autistic college students. Autistic (and non-autistic) students reported less severe bullying in college relative to earlier in development. Chronic bull...

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Published in:Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders Vol. 48; no. 3; pp. 666 - 679
Main Authors: DeNigris, Danielle, Brooks, Patricia J., Obeid, Rita, Alarcon, Maria, Shane-Simpson, Christina, Gillespie-Lynch, Kristen
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature Mar2018
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          Autism Spectrum Disorder Psychosocial Factors
          Students with Disabilities Psychosocial Factors
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          Self Concept
          Students, College Psychosocial Factors
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          Empathy
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      ab: Reduced cognitive empathy may put autistic people at risk for bullying. We compared interpretations of bullying provided by 22 autistic and 15 non-autistic college students. Autistic (and non-autistic) students reported less severe bullying in college relative to earlier in development. Chronic bullying was associated with improvements in self-descriptions and self-acceptance. Autistic students who were chronically bullied were more likely to self-identify as autistic when asked to explain their disability. Autistic and non-autistic students demonstrated similar levels of cognitive empathy, providing no evidence that a "double empathy problem" contributes to bullying for all autistic individuals. Findings suggest that recovery from bullying can contribute to resilience and that autistic people gain insights about bullying and how to overcome it with development.
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