@article{ref1,
title="Bullying and identity development: insights from autistic and non-autistic college students",
journal="Journal of autism and developmental disorders",
year="2018",
author="DeNigris, Danielle and Brooks, Patricia J. and Obeid, Rita and Alarcon, Maria and Shane-Simpson, Christina and Gillespie-Lynch, Kristen",
volume="48",
number="3",
pages="666-678",
abstract="Reduced cognitive empathy may put autistic people at risk for bullying. We compared interpretations of bullying provided by 22 autistic and 15 non-autistic college students. Autistic (and non-autistic) students reported less severe bullying in college relative to earlier in development. Chronic bullying was associated with improvements in self-descriptions and self-acceptance. Autistic students who were chronically bullied were more likely to self-identify as autistic when asked to explain their disability. Autistic and non-autistic students demonstrated similar levels of cognitive empathy, providing no evidence that a &quot;double empathy problem&quot; contributes to bullying for all autistic individuals. <br><br>FINDINGS suggest that recovery from bullying can contribute to resilience and that autistic people gain insights about bullying and how to overcome it with development.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0162-3257",
doi="10.1007/s10803-017-3383-y",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-017-3383-y"
}