Study protocol for a multimethod investigation of the development of social and nonsocial reward responsivity and depression in autistic adolescents: Reward and Depression in Autism (RDA)

Abstract Background Autistic adolescents are more likely to experience depression than their non-autistic peers, yet risk factors for depression in autistic adolescents are not well understood. Better mechanistic knowledge of depression in autistic adolescents is critical to understanding higher pre...

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Published in:	BMC Psychology
Main Authors:	Jessica M. Schwartzman, Autumn Kujawa, Shafali S. Jeste, Blythe A. Corbett, Wenyi Xu, Alexa D. Monachino, Marian A. Castro, Katia Cardenas-Quintero, Anh Dao, Ramon Durazo-Arvizu, Santiago Morales
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2025-06-01
Subjects:	Reward responsivity Depression Autism Adolescent Electroencephalogram Longitudinal
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-02911-w