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Measurement properties of tools used to assess suicidality in autistic and general population adults: A systematic review
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Adults diagnosed with autism are at significantly increased risk of suicidal thoughts, suicidal behaviours and dying by suicide. However, it is unclear whether any validated tools are currently available to effectively assess suicidality in autistic adults in research and clinical practice. This is crucial for understanding and preventing premature death by suicide in this vulnerable group. This two stage systematic review therefore aimed to identify tools used to assess suicidality in autistic and general population adults, evaluate these tools for their appropriateness and measurement properties, and make recommendations for appropriate selection of suicidality assessment tools in research and clinical practice. Three databases were searched (PsycInfo, Medline and Web of Knowledge). Four frequently used suicidality assessment tools were identified, and subsequently rated for quality of the evidence in support of their measurement properties using the COSMIN checklist. Despite studies having explored suicidality in autistic adults, none had utilised a validated tool. Overall, there was lack of evidence in support of suicidality risk assessments successfully predicting future suicide attempts. We recommend adaptations to current suicidality assessment tools and priorities for future research, in order to better conceptualise suicidality and its measurement in autism.
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“As previously mentioned, autism often co-occurs with several additional psychological comorbidities, including suicidality, anxiety disorders, and mood disorders like depression (Cassidy et al., 2018;Hollocks et al., 2019).”
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“Another instance is the TAS-20, which despite being robustly used in autism research (see, for instance, [80, 82, 141]), has never undergone a thorough examination (e.g. [118, 119]) as to whether autistic individuals understand items in the same way as non-autistic people”
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Remembering the past and imagining the future in autism spectrum disorder
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Camm-Crosbie, L., Bradley, L., Shaw, R., Baron-Cohen, S., & Cassidy, S. (2019) · Autism · doi:10.1177/1362361318816053 · Cited by 415
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Feeding and Eating Problems in Children and Adolescents with Autism: A Scoping Review
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“Samples had to focus on children or adolescents aged 18 years or under; however, in line with previous reviews of mental health issues in persons with autism (e.g. Cassidy et al., 2018), studies were included if 50% or more of the total sample was under 18 years, to maximize the number included.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Cassidy, S. A., Bradley, L., Bowen, E., Wigham, S., & Rodgers, J.
- Affiliations
- University of Nottingham (GB)
- University of Worcester (GB)
- Newcastle University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Cassidy, S.A.
- Venue
- Clinical Psychology Review
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-06
- Volume
- 62
- Pages
- 56-70
- ISSN
- 0272-7358 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2800246475
- Cited by
- 104
- References
- 96
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 4
- FWCI
- 1.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Clinical Psychology Review (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Pure (Coventry University) (acceptedVersion, cc-by)
- e-space (Manchester Metropolitan University) (acceptedVersion)
- Worcester Research and Publications (University of Worcester) (submittedVersion)
- Nottingham ePrints (University of Nottingham) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Repository@Nottingham (University of Nottingham) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle Univesity) (cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- Economic and Social Research Council (ES/N000501/1)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Keywords
- suicidality, autism spectrum disorder, autistic adults, suicide risk assessment, measurement properties, psychometric validation, COSMIN checklist, suicide prevention, suicide attempts
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Autistic Disorder, Humans, Psychometrics, Suicide, Attempted, Self-Injurious Behavior, Checklist, Suicidal Ideation
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