Parent-Child Interactions May Help to Explain Relations Between Parent Characteristics and Clinically Observed Child Autistic Behaviours

The importance of supporting parent-child interactions has been noted in the context of prodromal autism, but little consideration has been given to the possible contributing role of parental characteristics, such as psychological distress. This cross-sectional study tested models in which parent-ch...

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Published in:Journal of autism and developmental disorders 2024-07, Vol.54 (7), p.2742-2756
Main Authors: Loncarevic, Antonina, Maybery, Murray T., Barbaro, Josephine, Dissanayake, Cheryl, Green, Jonathan, Hudry, Kristelle, Iacono, Teresa, Slonims, Vicky, Varcin, Kandice J., Wan, Ming Wai, Wray, John, Whitehouse, Andrew J. O.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anxiety
Autism
Autistic children
Autistic Disorder - psychology
Babies
Behavior
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Brain research
Child and School Psychology
Child Behavior - psychology
Child development
Child, Preschool
Children & youth
Cross-Sectional Studies
Emotions
Families & family life
Female
Humans
Infancy
Infant
Infants
Intervention
Male
Mental depression
Negative emotions
Neurosciences
Original Paper
Parent-Child Relations
Parental behavior
Parents & parenting
Parents - psychology
Pediatrics
Psychological Distress
Psychology
Public Health
Social development
Social interaction
Stress
Synchrony
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Summary:The importance of supporting parent-child interactions has been noted in the context of prodromal autism, but little consideration has been given to the possible contributing role of parental characteristics, such as psychological distress. This cross-sectional study tested models in which parent-child interaction variables mediated relations between parent characteristics and child autistic behaviour in a sample of families whose infant demonstrated early signs of autism (N = 103). The findings suggest that associations between parent characteristics (psychological distress; aloofness) and child autistic behaviours may be mediated by the child’s inattentiveness or negative affect during interactions. These findings have important implications in developing and implementing interventions in infancy which target the synchrony of parent-child interaction with the goal to support children’s social communication development.
ISSN:0162-3257
1573-3432
1573-3432
DOI:10.1007/s10803-023-05914-x