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Sáez Suanes, Gema Pilar

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Gema Pilar
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Sáez Suanes
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/86963
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Educación-Centro Formación Profesor
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Personalidad, Evaluación y Psicología Clínica
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Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológico
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    Factors associated with quality of life in adults with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review
    (Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021) Álvarez Couto, María; Sáez Suanes, Gema Pilar
    In order to update the status of the research on quality of life (QoL) of adults with ASD, a systematic review was carried out following the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-Analyses’ (PRISMA) protocol. Eleven articles were selected from different databases. Results show lower levels of QoL in people with ASD than in the general population, informing of the need to adapt the concept of QoL to the reality of ASD and to question the measures used to date to assess this variable. Recent research has been found inconclusive and methodologically weak. Variables such as comorbid psychopathologies, limitations in self-determination, or executive dysfunction were highlighted as factors that negatively affect QoL, and they must be considered and introduced in daily interventions in order to ensure an adequate QoL.
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    Depressive symptomatology in adults with autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability: correlates and predictors
    (International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022) d’Orey Roquete, María; Sáez Suanes, Gema Pilar; Álvarez Couto, María
    Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) usually appears associated with other comorbid psychopathology. For this reason, the present research aimed to study the comorbid conditions in ASD paying more attention to depressive symptoms. The investigation included a sample of 37 adults with ASD and intellectual disability (M = 27.49; SD = 9.2), users of various associations of the Community of Madrid. Autistic severity was assessed with the Diagnostic Behavioral Assessment for Autism Spectrum Disorder-Revised (Dibas-R) and comorbidity was assessed through Autism Spectrum Disorders-Comorbidity for Adults (ASD-CA). The results showed a significant correlation between autism symptomatology and general comorbidity. Moreover, autistic symptoms were associated with depressive symptomatology. A hierarchical regression analysis was also conducted; and its data suggested that irritability/behavioral excesses were significant predictors of depression in ASD.