Pathways to Anxiety and Depression in Autistic Adolescents and Adults

Table 4

Indirect and total effects for model 1.

Pathway		SE	95% CI
Autism traits ➔ anxiety ➔ depression	.056	.023	[.015, .061]	.016
IU ➔ anxiety ➔ depression	.099	.037	[.038, .160]	.007
Sensory sensitivity ➔ insomnia ➔ depression	.066	.023	[.028, .104]	.005
Sensory sensitivity ➔ insomnia ➔ anxiety ➔ depression	.022	.010	[.005, .038]	.028
Autonomic symptoms ➔ insomnia ➔ depression	.092	.028	[.045, .139]	.001
Autonomic symptoms ➔ insomnia ➔ anxiety ➔ depression	.030	.012	[.011, .050]	.009
Insomnia ➔ anxiety ➔ depression	.083	.028	[.037, .129]	.003
Autism traits total	.056	.023	[.018, .093]	.016
Sensory sensitivity total	.213	.061	[.113, .313]	<.001
Autonomic symptoms total	.272	.062	[.170, .373]	<.001
IU total	.249	.067	[.139, .358]	<.001
Insomnia total	.335	.063	[.232, .438]	<.001

Note: = standardised path coefficient; SE = standard error.