DSM-5 Personality Disorders in Adults with Autism

Parnassia Groep

Status

Enrolling

Conditions

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Treatments

Other: Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 Screening Personality Questionnaire (SCID-5-SPQ).

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06726187

2022.56

Details and patient eligibility

About

Rationale: Self-report measures are frequently used for research and clinical assessments of adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, there has been little research examining agreement between self-report and informant-report in this population. Reliable self-report measures are essential for conducting research with and providing high quality clinical services for adults with autism spectrum disorder.

Objective: This study aims to examine the usefulness of self-report of DSM-5-TR PD traits in adults with ASD compared to informant-reports by administering the self-report screening measure of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 Screening Personality Questionnaire (SCID-5-SPQ).

Enrollment

102 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria Inclusion criteria for ASD participants: (1) primary diagnosis of ASD according to the DSM-5-TR, (2) age 18+ years, (3) no intellectual disability, and (4) at least having completed a primary and secondary education.

Inclusion criteria for informants:

Participants were asked to identify individuals who knew them well and were capable of providing accurate descriptions of their personality traits, preferably informants that cohabited with the participants. When cohabitants were unavailable, participants were asked to identify "the person who knows you best." Additionally, eligibility of informants for inclusion required that, historically, the informant and the participant talked at least monthly and interacted face-to-face at least yearly.

Exclusion criteria Exclusion criteria for ASD participants: (1) no ASD diagnosis, (2) current substance abuse, (3) psychotic disorders, (4) schizophrenia, (5) eating disorder, (6), mental retardation (IQ<80), (7) suicidal ideations and (8) age <18 years.

Exclusion criteria for informants: (1) age <18 years, (2) intellectual disability, and (3) not being able to state and/or recognize psychological and problematic functioning of their participating relative with ASD.