Bertrams, Alex; Zäch, Myriam (2021). Autistic Traits Predict Social-Contact Uncertainty in University Students. Frontiers in psychiatry, 12, p. 572445. Frontiers 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.572445
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Social anxiety (alternatively: social-contact uncertainty) in the university context can lead to reduced health, well-being, and performance, and can even cause premature leaving of education. With the present study, we intended to supplement cross-sectional studies on students’ autistic traits and social anxiety with longitudinal findings. We measured autistic traits and social-contact uncertainty of 118 university students on two occasions, roughly 1 year apart. Correlation, multiple regression, and cross-lagged analyses showed that more pronounced autistic traits predicted higher future social-contact uncertainty. Social-contact uncertainty did not predict autistic traits. We conclude that university students who are high in autistic traits tend not only to be more socially anxious at the moment but have a heightened risk of still being so in the future.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Education > Educational Psychology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Bertrams, Alexander Gregor, Zäch, Myriam Agnes Margarethe |
Subjects: |
100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 370 Education |
ISSN: |
1664-0640 |
Publisher: |
Frontiers |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Alexander Gregor Bertrams-Pencik |
Date Deposited: |
14 Jul 2021 08:49 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:52 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.3389/fpsyt.2021.572445 |
PubMed ID: |
34248687 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/157501 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/157501 |
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