Current functioning of young adults diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in childhood and depression and burnout among their parents in Türkiye
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2026
Yazarlar: Meryem Özlem Kütük, Ali Evren Tufan, Fethiye Kılıçaslan, Burçin Şeyda Buran, Neslihan Taştepe, Nagihan Cevher Binici, Fatma Sibel Durak, Yadigar Düğüncü Terlemez, Ayşe Kutlu, Canem Kavurma, Enes Şamdan, Mehrişah Usta, Aylin Yılmaz, Oğuzhan Koyuncu, Alperen Bıkmazer, Aynur Görmez, Vahdet Görmez, Rabia Can, Müjdat Erarkadaş, Burcu Kardaş, Ömer Kardaş, İrem Damla Çimen, Özlem Yıldız Gündoğdu, Caner Mutlu, Ferhat Yaylacı, Barış Güller, Pınar Vural, Gonca Özyurt, Perihan Çam Ray, Burak Kamış, Rezan Karabulut Kılıç, Gonca Gül Çelik, Ayşegül Yolga Tahiroğlu, Fevziye Toros, Gülen Güler Aksu, Şafak Eray Çamlı, Serkan Turan, Bahtım KÜTÜK, Sevay Alşen Güney, Neslihan İnal, Yasemin İmrek, Zeynep Vatansever Pınar, Şeyma İlhan, Hasan Kandemir, Sibelnur Avcil, Günay Budagova, Çisem Erdaş, Esra Demirci, Sevgi Özmen, Leyla Seviçin, Tuba Mutluer, Eren Yavuz Açıkalın, Leyla Bozatlı, Hasan Cem Aykutlu, Işık Görker, Tilbe Erten Almak, Esen Yıldırım Demirdöğen, Abdullah Bozkurt, Mehmet Akif Akıncı, Tuğba Nur Saylan Yavuz, Onur Burak Dursun, Esra Hoşoğlu, Bahadır Turan, Onur Tuğçe Poyraz Fındık, Bedia Sultan Önal, Cansu Çobanoğlu Osmanlı, Gülsüm Yitik Tonkaz, Berkan Şahin, Öznur Adıgüzel Akman, Hatice Altun, Funda Özyay Eroğlu, Fadime Hande Özer, Esma Nur Pamuk, Şeyma Çelikcan Yeşilmeşe, Şermin Yalın Sapmaz, Veysel Özdağ, Ceylan Carık, Bahaddin Çolak, Adem Türk, Ömer Akça, Ahmet Büber, Elif Abanoz, Ayla Uzun Çiçek, Cansu Mercan Işık, Öznur Bilaç, Rahime Mutlu Yaprakçı, Çağla Çelikkol Sadıç, Yekta Özkan, Aziz Kara, Masum Öztürk, Fatma Subaşı Turgut, Cem Gökçen, Mehmet Karadağ, Zehra Hangül, Yasemin Hoşgören Alıcı, Hande Ayraler Taner, Yüksel Sümeyra Naralan, Hüseyin Altuğ Yenice, Mehmet Hamid Boztaş, Çilem Bilginer, Nazlı Burcu ÖZBARAN
Scientific Reports, Uluslararası, Wos, 2026
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-64419-6
Özet
We aimed to evaluate the current functioning of young Turkish adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosed in childhood and determine parental depression and burnout levels. Factors associated with current functioning and parental depression were also evaluated. This study was conducted at the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department of 61 cities in Turkey. Young adults with ASD and their parents were enrolled. 1500 participants (81.5%, n = 1222 males) with a median age of 21.0 (IQR = 4.0) years were included in the present study. Most participants were high school graduates, and only 1 in 10 was able to work for some time at a job. 8.3%could travel alone between cities, 3.7% had experience of romantic relationships, and only sixty-one of them were able to obtain a driving license and use motor vehicles. The mean depression and overall burnout scores of mothers were significantly higher than those of fathers. Young adults with ASD and their parents may experience elevated stress during the transition to adult services. Therefore, there is an urgent need for further studies to identify these needs.