Mediating effect of autistic traits between the emotional impact of pandemic and depressive symptoms

  1. MARINA JODRA CHUAN 1
  2. DOMINGO GARCÍA-VILLAMISAR 1
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Revista:
Acción psicológica

ISSN: 1578-908X

Año de publicación: 2022

Volumen: 19

Número: 1

Páginas: 43-54

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.5944/AP.19.1.34250 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

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Resumen

Antecedentes. La pandemia está teniendo un impacto significativo en la salud mental, especialmente en los grupos vulnerables. Método. Se realizó un análisis condicional con una población de 185 personas. La población de estudio no tuvo ningún diagnóstico psiquiátrico, son personas sin autismo. La edad de los participantes oscila entre 18 y 72 años (M=31.43;DT=16.26). Se analiza el papel mediador de los rasgos autistas y el papel moderador de la edad entre el impacto emocional de la pandemia y los síntomas depresivosResultados. Los resultados demuestran una influencia significativa de la edad y del impacto emocional de la pandemia sobre los síntomas depresivos. La variable mediadora rasgos autistas también fue significativa. Conclusiones. Estos resultados señalan que la población más joven con rasgos autistas es especialmente vulnerable

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