Research article summary (published 30 Jan 2007):

A case-control study of personality style and psychopathology in parents of subjects with autism.

Full Abstract

To probe the specificity of traits that might be conceptualised as the broader phenotype of autism, parents of subjects with autism from simplex and multiplex families as well as parents of subjects with obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD), early onset schizophrenia (EOS) and mental retardation (MR) were assessed using the Personality Style and Disorder Inventory and the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised. Autism parents' scores were increased on several subscales (e.g. reserved/schizoid, depression) compared to parents of subjects with OCD, EOS and normative data, but not in comparison to MR parents. Results provide some support for the specificity of the broader phenotype of autism. The burden of raising severely disabled children could not be ruled out as a factor influencing parts of this phenotype.

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Author information

Author/s: Bölte, Sven (S); Knecht, Susan (S); Poustka, Fritz (F);

Affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, J.W. Goethe-University, Frankfurt/M, Germany. Boelte(-atsign-)em.uni-frankfurt.de

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Journal of autism and developmental disorders (J Autism Dev Disord), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2007-Feb; vol 37 (issue 2) : pp 243-50

Dates: Created 2007/02/23; Completed 2007/05/01;

PMID: 16897383, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Adult Autistic Disorder - epidemiology Child Child of Impaired Parents - psychology; statistics & numerical data Female Humans Male

Male Mental Retardation - diagnosis; epidemiology Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - diagnosis; epidemiology; psychology Parents - psychology Personality Disorders - diagnosis; epidemiology; psychology Personality Inventory Severity of Illness Index

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