PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2025
Peer-shared hobbies and quality of life in boys with autism spectrum disorder: An exploratory cross-sectional study in Japan.
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Seki Masaki, Ogata Hiroyuki, Hishida Tomoya, Nakane Erina, Saima Sohei, Kondo Chuichi, Yoshikawa Toru, Miyachi Kasumi, Ihara Hiroshi
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AIM: In adolescence, peer relationships and leisure engagement become central to well-being. This study aimed to characterize the hobbies of boys with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and examine whether engagement in peer-shared hobbies is associated with higher quality of life (QOL) across school stages (upper elementary vs. middle school).
METHODS: This exploratory cross-sectional study included boys with ASD in Japan (N = 71). Participants reported hobby types and whether they engaged in these hobbies with friends. QOL was assessed using a validated child-reported instrument with six subscales and a total score. Group differences (with vs. without peer-shared hobbies) were tested for each school stage using independent-samples t-tests; effect sizes (Cohen's d) and both uncorrected and Holm-Bonferroni-adjusted p-values were reported. Proportions were compared with χ 2 tests.
RESULTS: Many boys expressed a desire to play with friends, but only 36.8% of upper elementary boys and 21.2% of middle school boys did so. Middle school boys with peer-shared hobbies showed higher unadjusted total QOL than those without such hobbies (e.g., t(31) = 2.55, p = 0.016; d = 1.04), with small-to-large advantages on several subscales; however, these differences did not remain statistically significant after Holm-Bonferroni correction. Age-group comparisons suggested increasing difficulty in achieving peer-shared hobby engagement from late childhood to adolescence.
CONCLUSION: Findings suggest that hobby-based engagement with peers may be an important-but underrealized-pathway to better QOL in boys with autism. Larger, preregistered studies are warranted to confirm these associations and inform interventions that leverage shared hobbies as a scaffold for social connection and well-being.
METHODS: This exploratory cross-sectional study included boys with ASD in Japan (N = 71). Participants reported hobby types and whether they engaged in these hobbies with friends. QOL was assessed using a validated child-reported instrument with six subscales and a total score. Group differences (with vs. without peer-shared hobbies) were tested for each school stage using independent-samples t-tests; effect sizes (Cohen's d) and both uncorrected and Holm-Bonferroni-adjusted p-values were reported. Proportions were compared with χ 2 tests.
RESULTS: Many boys expressed a desire to play with friends, but only 36.8% of upper elementary boys and 21.2% of middle school boys did so. Middle school boys with peer-shared hobbies showed higher unadjusted total QOL than those without such hobbies (e.g., t(31) = 2.55, p = 0.016; d = 1.04), with small-to-large advantages on several subscales; however, these differences did not remain statistically significant after Holm-Bonferroni correction. Age-group comparisons suggested increasing difficulty in achieving peer-shared hobby engagement from late childhood to adolescence.
CONCLUSION: Findings suggest that hobby-based engagement with peers may be an important-but underrealized-pathway to better QOL in boys with autism. Larger, preregistered studies are warranted to confirm these associations and inform interventions that leverage shared hobbies as a scaffold for social connection and well-being.