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. 2022 Mar 23;19(7):3809.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph19073809.

Do Autistic Traits Correlate with Post-Traumatic Stress and Mood Spectrum Symptoms among Workers Complaining of Occupational Stress?

Liliana Dell'Osso  1 , Rodolfo Buselli  2 , Martina Corsi  2 , Sigrid Baldanzi  2 , Carlo Antonio Bertelloni  1 , Riccardo Marino  2 , Davide Gravina  1 , Martina Chiumiento  2 , Antonello Veltri  2 , Gabriele Massimetti  1 , Fabrizio Caldi  2 , Salvio Perretta  2 , Rudy Foddis  2 , Giovanni Guglielmi  2 , Alfonso Cristaudo  2 , Claudia Carmassi  1
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Do Autistic Traits Correlate with Post-Traumatic Stress and Mood Spectrum Symptoms among Workers Complaining of Occupational Stress?

Liliana Dell'Osso et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

The adult autism subthreshold spectrum model appears to be a useful tool for detecting possible vulnerability factors in order to develop mental disorders in the contest of work-related stress. The aim of the present study is to analyze the relationship between autism, mood, and post-traumatic spectrum in a cohort of subjects complaining of work-related stress before the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors carried out a retrospective investigation of both medical records and self-assessment tools of a sample of subjects evaluated at the Occupational Health Department of a University hospital in central Italy. Data showed significant correlations between the AdAS spectrum, TALS-SR, and MOODS total and domain scores. A multiple linear regression evidenced that both the AdAS spectrum and TAL-SR significantly predict the MOODS scores. In particular, mediation analysis showed both a direct and indirect, mediated by TALS-SR, effect of the AdAS Spectrum on the MOODS-SR. These results corroborate the role of autistic traits in influencing the traumatic impact of work-related stress and the development of mood spectrum symptoms.

Keywords: autism spectrum disorder; autistic traits; mood spectrum; occupational stress; post-traumatic stress spectrum; rumination.

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