Using Q-Sort Method to Explore Autistic Students' Views of the Impacts of Their Anxiety at School
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| Title: | Using Q-Sort Method to Explore Autistic Students' Views of the Impacts of Their Anxiety at School |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Kathryn Ambrose (ORCID |
| Source: | Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice. 2024 28(10):2462-2477. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 16 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Elementary Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Anxiety, Student Attitudes, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Students with Disabilities, Q Methodology, Elementary Secondary Education, Academic Achievement, Peer Relationship, Interpersonal Communication, Study Habits, Children, Adolescents, Individual Characteristics, Educational Environment, Parent Attitudes, Stress Variables |
| DOI: | 10.1177/13623613241231607 |
| ISSN: | 1362-3613 1461-7005 |
| Abstract: | Anxiety is a common co-occurring condition for autistic students; however, little is known about how anxiety may affect their social or academic outcomes in an educational setting. Furthermore, the perspectives of students themselves have rarely been included in the literature. Using Q-sort method, 45 autistic participants aged 7 to 17 years identified the outcomes they perceived were most impacted by their anxiety in the educational setting. The three outcomes most highly rated as being impacted by anxiety overall were academic outcomes. Using by-person factor analysis, six distinct factors, or 'viewpoints', were identified. These viewpoints reflect different combinations of outcomes affected by anxiety, including missing school or activities, reduced interactions with friends, reduced classroom communication and finding it harder to complete schoolwork. This study adds to the literature by using Q-sort method to enable autistic children and adolescents to report the impacts of their anxiety. Anxiety has additional impacts on the social and academic outcomes of autistic students, highlighting the need for increased awareness and training for parents and professionals, an individualised approach to student support and further research regarding the relationship between anxiety and academic outcomes. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1443215 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | Anxiety is a common co-occurring condition for autistic students; however, little is known about how anxiety may affect their social or academic outcomes in an educational setting. Furthermore, the perspectives of students themselves have rarely been included in the literature. Using Q-sort method, 45 autistic participants aged 7 to 17 years identified the outcomes they perceived were most impacted by their anxiety in the educational setting. The three outcomes most highly rated as being impacted by anxiety overall were academic outcomes. Using by-person factor analysis, six distinct factors, or 'viewpoints', were identified. These viewpoints reflect different combinations of outcomes affected by anxiety, including missing school or activities, reduced interactions with friends, reduced classroom communication and finding it harder to complete schoolwork. This study adds to the literature by using Q-sort method to enable autistic children and adolescents to report the impacts of their anxiety. Anxiety has additional impacts on the social and academic outcomes of autistic students, highlighting the need for increased awareness and training for parents and professionals, an individualised approach to student support and further research regarding the relationship between anxiety and academic outcomes. |
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| ISSN: | 1362-3613 1461-7005 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/13623613241231607 |
