Objectives To investigate the symptom,behavior characteristics and parental mood disorders of the children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Method Totally 593 ASD children were tested by Autism Behavior Checklist (ABC) and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ),and parental mood disorders were evaluated with Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) and Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS). Results Compared to lower age group,the higher age group showed more difficult in mood subscale,hyperactivity subscale and total points(F=4.361,P=0.013;F=16.029,P=0.000;F=9.638,P=0.013),and the higher group presented better in prosocial behavior dimension (F=11.052,P=0.000);Compared to fathers,mothers were apt to suffer from mood disorders in both depression or anxiety disorders (χ2=15.893,P=0.000;χ2=27.592,P=0.000);Parental depression and anxiety were related with various behavior performance,and were directly affected by the severity of the symptoms of their ASD children. Conclusions Children with ASD behave different with age,reflected in mood,hyperactivity and prosocial behavior dimensions;Mothers are more easily afflicted with mood disorders than fathers,and parental emotional disorders are positive correlated with the severity of symptoms in various behavior problems,which is worthy of attention.
Key words
autism spectrum disorder /
behavior symptom /
parents /
mood disorder
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