Holroyd J, McArthur D
Am J Ment Defic. 1976 Jan;80(4):431-6.
Mothers of autistic, Down's syndrome, and outpatient psychiatric clinic children completed a questionnaire about their attitudes toward the identified child and the effects of the child on themselves and their families. A canonical correlation between the 15 questionnaire scales and three groups revealed a general retardation/social dependency factor separating the mothers of the two retarded groups from the clinic sample. The autism group was differentiated from the Down's syndrome group by scales measuring severity of the child's handicap and family integration problems more than by scales measuring stress on the mother. The hypothesis that mothers of autistic children would report more problems than both other groups was supported; the hypothesis that mothers of Down's syndrome children would report more problems than mothers of outpatient clinic children was not.
自闭症儿童、唐氏综合征儿童以及门诊精神科儿童的母亲们完成了一份问卷，内容涉及她们对已确诊孩子的态度，以及孩子对她们自身和家庭的影响。15个问卷量表与三个组之间的典型相关分析显示，存在一个一般发育迟缓/社会依赖因素，将两个发育迟缓组孩子的母亲与门诊样本区分开来。与测量母亲压力的量表相比，测量孩子残疾严重程度和家庭融合问题的量表更能区分自闭症组和唐氏综合征组。自闭症儿童的母亲比其他两组母亲报告更多问题这一假设得到了支持；唐氏综合征儿童的母亲比门诊儿童的母亲报告更多问题这一假设则未得到支持。
