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A Pilot Study of Self-Regulation and Behavior Problems in Preschoolers with ASD: Parent Broader Autism Phenotype Traits Relate to Child Emotion Regulation and Inhibitory Control

Journal

JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
Volume 52, Issue 10, Pages 4397-4411

Publisher

SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-021-05322-z

Keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Broader autism phenotype; Emotion regulation; Emotion socialization; Self-regulation; Parenting

Funding

  1. Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Student and Early Career Council
  2. Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts at Notre Dame
  3. Earnest Swarm Notre Dame Psychopathology Research Fund

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Limited information is available on the development of self-regulation processes during the preschool period in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Parental characteristics, such as the broader autism phenotype (BAP), play a role in children's self-regulation, with mothers' BAP traits impacting self-regulation outcomes differently across groups. Emotion regulation was found to be a protective factor against internalizing behavioral concerns in children with ASD. Parental factors should be taken into consideration in emotion regulation interventions for young children with ASD.
Little is known about the development of self-regulation processes during the preschool period in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). How parental characteristics such as the broader autism phenotype (BAP) relate to children's self-regulation is not well understood. Preschool-aged children with (n = 24) and without ASD (n = 21) completed an inhibitory control task and mothers reported on child emotion regulation and their own BAP traits. Children with ASD had lower emotion regulation, and emotion regulation was a protective factor in the association between ASD and internalizing behavioral concerns. Lability/negativity was highly overlapping with externalizing. Maternal BAP characteristics were differentially associated with all self-regulation outcomes across groups. Parental factors should be considered in emotion regulation interventions for young children with ASD.

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