Social Pain Sensitivity in Autistic Adults: Associations With Gender, Self-Esteem, Cognitive Empathy, and Sensory Sensitivity.
Social pain sensitivity refers to the tendency to detect and react strongly to cues of social exclusion. Frequent social adversities and specific characteristics may make individuals with autism more sensitive to social pain, yet evidence remains inconsistent. To enhance our understanding, autistic adults aged ≥ 16 yea...