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09-04-2017 | Original Paper

Maternal Exposure to Childhood Abuse is Associated with Mate Selection: Implications for Autism in Offspring

Auteurs: Andrea L. Roberts, Kristen Lyall, Marc G. Weisskopf

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 7/2017

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Abstract

Maternal experience of childhood abuse has been associated with offspring autism. To explore whether familial tendency towards autistic traits—presumably related to genetic predisposition—accounts for this association, we examined whether women who experienced childhood abuse were more likely to select mates with high levels of autistic traits, and whether parental autistic traits accounted for the association of maternal abuse and offspring autism in 209 autism cases and 833 controls. Maternal childhood abuse was strongly associated with high paternal autistic traits (severe abuse, OR = 3.98, 95% CI = 1.26, 8.31). Maternal and paternal autistic traits accounted for 21% of the association between maternal abuse and offspring autism. These results provide evidence that childhood abuse affects mate selection, with implications for offspring health.
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Titel
Maternal Exposure to Childhood Abuse is Associated with Mate Selection: Implications for Autism in Offspring
Auteurs
Andrea L. Roberts
Kristen Lyall
Marc G. Weisskopf
Publicatiedatum
09-04-2017
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 7/2017
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-017-3115-3