Ruble L A, Dalrymple N J
Indiana University, Institute for the Study of Developmental Disabilities, Bloomington 47408.
Arch Sex Behav. 1993 Jun;22(3):229-40. doi: 10.1007/BF01541768.
A parental survey that addressed the social sexual awareness, sex education, and sex behaviors of persons with autism, a developmental disability is provided. Questionnaires from 100 caregivers of persons with autism 9 years of age and older and with the DSM-III-R diagnosis were analyzed. Eighty-five percent of respondents were mothers, 8% both parents, 5% fathers, and 2% others; 32% of the persons with autism were female and 68% male with an age range of 9.1 to 38.9 years. The verbal level of the person with autism related to parents' beliefs about the relevance of sex relations (chi 2 = 6.99, p < 0.05) and sex education (chi 2 = 22.91, p < 0.001). No relationship between parents' report of the verbal level of the individual and the display of inappropriate sexual behaviors was found (chi 2 = 2.56, ns). Parents of males were more concerned about their son being taken advantage of by a same-sex person (chi 2 = 15.90, p < 0.001); parents of females were worried about an opposite-sex person (chi 2 = 4.06, p < 0.05). Parental concerns and beliefs regarding sexuality varied and could not be generalized. The nonsignificant finding regarding verbal level and display of inappropriate sexual behaviors suggests that the need for sex education is best determined by the behaviors of the person rather than the functioning or verbal levels.
本文提供了一项针对自闭症患者（一种发育障碍）的社会性意识、性教育和性行为的家长调查。对100名年龄在9岁及以上、患有DSM-III-R诊断自闭症的患者的照顾者所填写的问卷进行了分析。85%的受访者为母亲，8%为父母双方，5%为父亲，2%为其他；自闭症患者中32%为女性，68%为男性，年龄范围在9.1至38.9岁之间。自闭症患者的语言水平与父母对性关系相关性的看法（卡方 = 6.99，p < 0.05）以及性教育（卡方 = 22.91，p < 0.001）相关。未发现父母报告的个体语言水平与不当性行为表现之间存在关联（卡方 = 2.56，无显著性差异）。男性患者的父母更担心儿子被同性利用（卡方 = 15.90，p < 0.001）；女性患者的父母则担心女儿被异性利用（卡方 = 4.06，p < 0.05）。父母对性取向的担忧和看法各不相同，无法一概而论。关于语言水平和不当性行为表现的无显著性结果表明，性教育的需求最好由个体的行为而非其功能或语言水平来决定。
