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Our names are Jessica Makepeace and Dr Fiona McFarlane. We work at the University of Oxford in the Oxford Institute of Clinical Psychology Training. We would like to tell you about some research that you might like to take part in.
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We want to understand more about social anxiety and autism identity. Social anxiety is a condition when you feel overly concerned with how other people see you. People with social anxiety might feel very self-conscious and worry about being embarrassed or making mistakes. We know that autistic people are more likely to experience social anxiety. We would like to see whether how young people relate to their autism may affect social anxiety. We hope that this will help people, like doctors and psychologists, to better understand autistic young people experiencing social anxiety, and give better care to support these people.
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To take part, you must be:
- Aged between 13-25 years old
- Able to read English
- Living in the UK
- Diagnosed with autism, or think you might be autistic
- You don’t need to have anxiety or social anxiety to take part
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We are inviting between up to 210 people to take part. If you are under the age of 16, we need your parent/carers consent and your agreement for you to take part in the study. If you are 16 years old or over, you can consent for yourself.
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Please know that this study cannot tell you if you are or are not autistic.
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If you have received a diagnosis of a global learning disability (this doesn’t include dyslexia, dyspraxia or similar specific difficulties) you cannot take part in this research.
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Contact details:
Jessica Makepeace: Jessica.makepeace@stx.ox.ac.uk
