Abstract
This study aims to clarify the actual situation and the nature of the relationship between contingencies of self-worth, contentment of sources of self-worth, and life satisfaction in high school students with autism spectrum disorder(ASD)through a comparison with students with non-ASD. A questionnaire survey was conducted targeting 12 high school students with ASD and 50 students with non-ASD. The results showed that for high school students with ASD, the higher contentment of sources of self-worth in enthusiastic activity was, such as being enthusiastic about what they like and working on what they are interested in, the higher the life satisfaction was. However, it was found that, in reality, high school students with ASD did not feel as enthusiastic about or engaged in the things they liked or were interested in compared to students with non-ASD. Further, it was shown that for high school students with ASD, the greater the contingency of self-worth of athletic competence, the contentment of sources of self-worth of academic competence, and interpersonal relationships were, the great- er the tendency to have higher life satisfaction was. The background to this tendency was investigated.
