Relationship between symptoms of autism children and personality characteristics of their parents

SUN Shi-bang; DU Ya-song; YU Shun-ying

doi:10.11852/zgetbjzz2017-25-08-08

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Chinese Journal of Child Health Care ›› 2017, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (8) : 783-785. DOI: 10.11852/zgetbjzz2017-25-08-08

Relationship between symptoms of autism children and personality characteristics of their parents

SUN Shi-bang,DU Ya-song,YU Shun-ying

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Objective To investigate the correlation between symptoms of autism patients and the personality of their parents. Method A total of 250 autism patients completed Social Communication Questionnaire,parents of autism patients completed Eysenk Personality Questionnaire. Results 1) There were no significant differences between preschool group and school-age group in dimensions of SCQ scale scores;but the difference of stability of father personality was statistically significant (P＜0.05) between father of school-age group and preschool children.2)Compared to male autism children,female autism children had higher repetitive and stereotyped behavior scores,and the personality of female autism children's mother was more unstable(P＜0.05).3) Two groups were divided according to SCQ high boundary values (22 points).There were no significant differences in dimensions score of parents' personality between the two groups.4)There's no correlation between dimensions of autism children's SCQ scale scores and dimensions score of their parents' personalities. Conclusions The repetitive and stereotyped symptoms of female autism patients are more serious.Parental unstable personality traits are associated with the age and gender of their children.Autism symptoms and parental personality traits may not interact through direct effect.

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autism / symptom / personality characteristic / parents / correlation

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SUN Shi-bang,DU Ya-song,YU Shun-ying. Relationship between symptoms of autism children and personality characteristics of their parents[J]. Chinese Journal of Child Health Care. 2017, 25(8): 783-785 https://doi.org/10.11852/zgetbjzz2017-25-08-08

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