Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, 125 Baldwin Street, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
Department of Psychology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2019 Mar;49(3):950-959. doi: 10.1007/s10803-018-3785-5.
Broader autism phenotype (BAP) characteristics (pragmatic language deficits, aloofness, and rigidity) are prevalent in families of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and may influence emotion-related behaviors. The current study analyzed associations among BAP characteristics with emotion-related behaviors in mothers of children with and without ASD. Twenty-seven mothers completed BAP and emotion regulation (ER) questionnaires. Maternal affect was coded during an interaction task. BAP rigidity negatively correlated with the ER strategy reappraisal. BAP total and pragmatic scores positively correlated with observed negative affect. Associations remained significant in step-wise regressions that controlled for other BAPQ subscale scores. Findings suggest that pragmatic difficulties may interfere with positive mother-child interactions and mothers with high rigidity may benefit from learning adaptive ER strategies.
广泛自闭症表型（BAP）特征（语用语言缺陷、冷漠和刻板）在自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）患者的家庭中较为常见，可能会影响情绪相关行为。本研究分析了 BAP 特征与自闭症和非自闭症儿童母亲的情绪相关行为之间的关系。27 位母亲完成了 BAP 和情绪调节（ER）问卷。在互动任务中对母亲的情绪进行了编码。BAP 刻板与 ER 策略再评价呈负相关。BAP 总分和语用学分数与观察到的负性情绪呈正相关。在逐步回归中，控制其他 BAPQ 分量表分数后，这些关联仍然显著。研究结果表明，语用学困难可能会干扰积极的母子互动，而具有高刻板性的母亲可能会受益于学习适应性 ER 策略。
