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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

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10-05-2019 | Original Paper

Family Emotional Climate and Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Auteurs: Emily J. Hickey, Robert L. Nix, Sigan L. Hartley

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 8/2019

Abstract

Little research has examined family emotional climate in the context of having a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The goal of the current study was to determine how the emotional quality of family subsystems (parent–child and parent couple relationships, for both mothers and fathers) combine to create various classes of family emotional climate and to identify predictors of class membership in 148 families of children with ASD. The emotional quality of family subsystems was assessed using Five Minute Speech Samples from mothers and fathers. In total, 148 families of children with ASD (86% male) aged 6–13 years were included in analyses. About one-third of parents did not have a college degree and more than two-thirds were of non-Hispanic White origin. Latent class analysis revealed that 43% of the sample was characterized by high levels of warmth and low levels of criticism in both the parent–child and parent couple relationships; 12% of the sample was characterized by low warmth and high criticism in both sets of relationships; and the rest of the sample was divided among three additional classes of emotional climate characterized by different configurations of warmth and criticism across both sets of relationships. Parent level of broader autism phenotype and child emotional and behavioral problems were associated with emotional climate class membership. Implications for interventions are discussed.

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Titel: Family Emotional Climate and Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Auteurs: Emily J. Hickey
Robert L. Nix
Sigan L. Hartley
Publicatiedatum: 10-05-2019
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 8/2019
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04037-6

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