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PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF PARENTS OF AUTISTIC CHILDREN: A CONTROLLED STUDY
Author(s) -
Wolff Sula,
Narayan Sukhdev,
Moyes Barbara
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1988.tb00699.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , personality , autism , developmental disorder , intellectual disability , big five personality traits , clinical psychology , psychiatry , social psychology
Parents of 21 autistic children and of 21 children with other handicaps, matched for sex, age, IQ and father's occupation, were interviewed with a schedule known to discriminate between schizoid and non‐schizoid people. Ratings were reliable and the interviewers remained “blind”. Parents of autistic children, especially fathers, were significantly more often rated as having schizoid traits. They were also more intellectual.