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August 22, 2026Autism

Linking Emotion Dysregulation to Autistic Traits Across Neurodiverse Samples

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RMRachel G. McDonaldMCMary Isaac CargillELEmily Lynch

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Overview

Cross-sectional study reveals that emotional dysphoria and reactivity affect social communication and repetitive behaviors in youth, indicating a need for tailored emotional interventions.

Key Points

  • To evaluate how emotional dysphoria and emotional reactivity relate to core autistic traits, specifically social communication and interaction difficulties and restricted and repetitive behaviors.
  • Surveyed caregivers of N=99 youth aged 6 to 17 years (including 64 autistic youth) to measure emotion dysregulation, social communication, and repetitive behaviors.
  • Conducted path modeling to analyze the distinct impacts of emotional dysphoria and emotional reactivity on social communication and interaction (SCI) difficulties and restricted and repetitive behaviors (RRBs).
  • Emotional dysphoria and emotional reactivity both associate positively with increased social communication/interaction challenges and restricted/repetitive behaviors.
  • Path models indicate distinct differences in how emotion dysregulation dimensions influence behavioral traits across autistic and non-autistic youth.

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McDonald et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a895fd3ca7ade938187eb16https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613261472147
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