Scheeren Anke M, Stauder Johannes E A
Section Biological Developmental Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Maastricht, PO Box 616, Maastricht, Limburg 6200 MD, The Netherlands.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2008 Feb;38(2):276-87. doi: 10.1007/s10803-007-0389-x. Epub 2007 Jun 23.
The finding that relatives of individuals with autism show mild autistic traits is referred to as the broader autism phenotype (BAP). In the current study, 25 parents with a child with high-functioning autism and 25 parents with typically developed children were compared on: (1) the Block Design Test, (2) the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ), and (3) a reaction time task to examine reflexive covert visual orienting to social (eyes) and non-social (arrows) cues. The parent groups were scored similar on the Block Design Test and the AQ. However, fathers with an autistic child demonstrated a different reaction time pattern and responded slower on the social cues than control fathers. These results partly support and further elaborate on the BAP in parents with an autistic child.
自闭症患者亲属表现出轻微自闭症特征这一发现被称为泛自闭症表型（BAP）。在当前研究中，对25名有高功能自闭症孩子的父母和25名孩子发育正常的父母进行了以下比较：（1）积木设计测试，（2）自闭症谱系商数（AQ），以及（3）一项反应时间任务，以检查对社交（眼睛）和非社交（箭头）线索的反射性隐蔽视觉定向。两组父母在积木设计测试和AQ上的得分相似。然而，患有自闭症孩子的父亲表现出不同的反应时间模式，并且在社交线索方面的反应比对照组父亲更慢。这些结果部分支持并进一步阐述了患有自闭症孩子的父母中的泛自闭症表型。
