Piven J, Wzorek M, Landa R, Lainhart J, Bolton P, Chase G A, Folstein S
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Baltimore, Maryland.
Psychol Med. 1994 Aug;24(3):783-95. doi: 10.1017/s0033291700027938.
Personality characteristics of 87 parents of autistic probands and 38 parents of Down's syndrome probands were examined using a standardized personality interview. Using best-estimate ratings derived from subject and informant interviews, parents of autistic individuals were rated significantly higher than controls on three characteristics: aloof, untactful and undemonstrative. When ratings were based on interviews with subjects only, parents of autistic probands were rated as significantly more aloof, untactful and unresponsive. There were no significant differences between parent groups on ratings based on informant interviews only. The implications of these findings for future family studies of autism are discussed.
通过标准化的人格访谈，对87名自闭症先证者的父母和38名唐氏综合征先证者的父母的人格特征进行了检查。使用从受试者和知情者访谈中得出的最佳估计评分，自闭症患者的父母在三个特征上的评分显著高于对照组：冷漠、不圆通和不善表露情感。当仅基于对受试者的访谈进行评分时，自闭症先证者的父母在冷漠、不圆通和反应迟钝方面的评分显著更高。仅基于知情者访谈的评分在父母组之间没有显著差异。讨论了这些发现对未来自闭症家庭研究的意义。
