A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW ON ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH ASPERGER SYNDROME AND HIGH-FUNCTIONING AUTISM

Abstract

This study aims to provide a descriptive analysis of studies examining romantic relationships of individuals with Asperger syndrome and / or high-functioning autism, with a holistic perspective according to their demographic and methodological characteristics. In line with this general purpose, in this study, the distribution of the studies published between the years 2000-2020 by years, the purposes for which they were conducted, how they were designed, the characteristics of the participants in the studies, the data collection tools used, and their findings were analyzed. Within the scope of the study, electronic searches were made by writing relevant keywords in the search engines of GoogleScholar, EbscoHost, ERIC, SAGEPub, ProQuest, PsycINFO, and ScienceDirect databases. During the literature review, 2460 articles were reached, and 35 studies were analyzed according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Findings show that eight qualitative, 23 quantitative and four mixed emthod studies were conducted using different data collection tools with individuals with Asperger syndrome and / or high functioning autism of different ages and genders.

Keywords

• Asperger syndrome
• High functioning autism
• Relation
• Romantic relationships
• Dating

ASPERGER SENDROMLU VE YÜKSEK İŞLEVLİ OTİZMLİ BİREYLERİN ROMANTİK İLİŞKİLERİ ÜZERİNE SİSTEMATİK BİR DERLEME

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, Asperger sendromlu ve/veya yüksek işlevli otizmli bireylerde romantik ilişkileri inceleyen araştırmaları demografik ve yöntemsel özelliklerine göre bütüncül bir bakış açısı ile betimsel olarak analiz etmektir. Bu genel amaç doğrultusunda bu çalışmada 2000-2020 yılları arasında yayımlanan araştırmaların yıllara göre dağılımlarının nasıl olduğu, hangi amaçlarla yapıldığı, nasıl desenlendikleri, araştırmalarda yer alan katılımcı özelliklerinin neler olduğu, hangi veri toplama araçlarının kullanıldığı, bulguların neler olduğu analiz edilmiştir. Çalışma kapsamında GoogleScholar, EbscoHost, ERIC, SAGEPub, ProQuest, PsycINFO, ScienceDirect veri tabanlarının arama motorlarında ilgili anahtar kelimeler yazılarak elektronik taramalar yapılmıştır. Gerçekleştirilen alanyazın taramasında 2460 makaleye ulaşılmış, dâhil etme ve dışlama ölçütlerine göre toplamda 35 araştırma bu çalışma kapsamında analiz edilmiştir. Araştırma sonucunda farklı yaş ve cinsiyetteki Asperger sendromlu ve/veya yüksek işlevli otizmli bireylerle sekiz nitel, 23 nicel ve dört karma araştırmanın farklı veri toplama araçları kullanılarak yürütüldüğü görülmüştür.

Keywords

• Asperger sendromu
• Yüksek işlevli otizm
• İlişki
• Romantik ilişki
• Buluşma

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