Jiedi Lei
Paul Foundation Clinical Research Fellow
My research focuses on understanding the overlap between autistic traits and key cognitive and behavioural mechanisms that precipitate and maintain the development of co-occurring mental health difficulties in autistic children and young people (CYP). I am particularly interested in translating our understanding of such mechanisms to develop more effective ways of adapting existing and piloting novel interventions to improve mental health outcomes for autistic CYP.
My reserach fellowship project (based in TOPIC Group) aims to develop and validate a novel assessment tool to evaluate strengths profiles amongst autistic CYP, and to draw on their strengths to develop person-centred formulation that can inform the adaptation of treatment for co-occurring mental health difficulties.
I serve as the Chair for Student and Trainee Committee at the International Society for Autism Research.
Collaborators
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Cathy Creswell
Professor of Developmental Clinical Psychology
Recent publications
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Exploring adolescents’ experiences of talking about race, ethnicity, and culture during Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT): A qualitative study using thematic analysis
Journal article
Lei J. et al, (2024), The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist
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Exploring the Association between Social Camouflaging and Self- Versus Caregiver-Report Discrepancies in Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Autistic and Non-Autistic Socially-Anxious Adolescents
Journal article
Lei J. et al, (2024), Autism: the international journal of research and practice
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BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS TO USE OF DIGITAL HEALTH TOOLS BY HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS AND THEIR PATIENTS, BEFORE AND DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A MULTI-METHODS STUDY
Journal article
Turnbull S. et al, (2024), BMJ Open
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Understanding the relationship between social camouflaging in autism and safety behaviours in social anxiety in autistic and non-autistic adolescents.
Journal article
Lei J. et al, (2023), J Child Psychol Psychiatry
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The impact of a positive autism identity and autistic community solidarity on social anxiety and mental health in autistic young people.
Journal article
Cooper K. et al, (2023), Autism : the international journal of research and practice, 27, 848 - 857