Autism Spectrum Disorder and Genetic Testing: Parents’ Attitudes-Data from Turkish Sample

We aimed to examine the opinions of parents’ having a child with ASD, on genetic testing, in a Turkish sample. 951 parents’ attitudes towards genetic testing were included. 89.1% of the parents did not take a genetic test during pregnancy. 87.6% of the parents agreed to take a genetic test if it cou...

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Published in:Journal of autism and developmental disorders 2021-09, Vol.51 (9), p.3331-3340
Main Authors: Ayhan, Aynur Bütün, Beyazıt, Utku, Topuz, Şenay, Tunay, Çağla Zeynep, Abbas, Maryam Nazhad, Yılmaz, Serkan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Autism
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Child and School Psychology
Children
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Diagnosis
DNA
Foreign Countries
Genetic aspects
Genetic screening
Genetic testing
Genetics
Medical diagnosis
Medical Services
Methods
Neurosciences
Original Paper
Parent Attitudes
Parents
Parents & parenting
Pediatrics
Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Psychology
Public Health
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Summary:We aimed to examine the opinions of parents’ having a child with ASD, on genetic testing, in a Turkish sample. 951 parents’ attitudes towards genetic testing were included. 89.1% of the parents did not take a genetic test during pregnancy. 87.6% of the parents agreed to take a genetic test if it could explain the cause of ASDs. 93% agreed to take a genetic test, if it would help to have a better treatment in the future. 63.8% of the participants would approve the storage of their DNA samples for the future studies. 94.8% considered being informed about the purpose of taking DNA material for the early diagnosis and 84.2% considered being suggested genetic tests for early diagnosis as important.
ISSN:0162-3257
1573-3432
DOI:10.1007/s10803-020-04798-5