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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of autistic adults

From: Dialectical behavior therapy in autistic adults: effects on ecological subjective and physiological measures of emotion dysregulation

 

n

%

Sex

 Female

15

58

 Male

11

42

Gender identity

 Cisgender women

13

50

 Cisgender men

11

42

 Nonbinary

2

8

Relationship status

 Single

13

50

 In a relationship

8

 31

 Married

3

11

 Divorced

2

8

Highest educational level

 High school

9

35

 Bachelor’s Degree

8

31

 Master’s Degree

8

31

 Doctoral Degree

1

4

Employment

 Student

7

 27

 Unemployed

7

27

 Employed

11

42

 Retired

1

4

Co-occurrent diagnoses

 Anxiety Disorders

10

45

 MDD

11

50

 Bipolar Disorder

1

4

 OCD

1

4

 Eating Disorders

2

9

 ADHD

8

36

Psychotropic medication

 Anxiolytic

8

35

 Antidepressant

16

70

 Neuroleptic

4

17

 Psychostimulant

6

26

 Antipsychotic

8

35

  1. n = 26
  2. ADHD Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, OCD obsessive-compulsive disorder, MDD Major depressive disorder