Interaction patterns in families of autistic, disturbed, and normal children.
Six families with autistic children were compared with six families with disturbed children and six with normal children by means of a family interaction task. No differences were found between families with autistic children and those with normal children. Families with disturbed children were found to have less agreement between father and mother than did autistic or normal families.
D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms; D001321:Autistic Disorder; D002648:Child; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003142:Communication; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003657:Decision Making; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012923:Social Class; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors