title: Brief report: impact of child problem behaviors and parental broad autism phenotype traits on substance use among parents of children with ASD.
abstract: Using data from the Simons Simplex Collection, the present study examined the impact of child externalizing behavior and parental broad autism phenotype traits on substance use among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (n = 2,388). For both fathers and mothers, child externalizing behaviors predicted tobacco use (OR = 1.01 and OR = 1.02, respectively), whereas rigidity increased risk of tobacco use for fathers (OR = 1.29) but not mothers. Additionally, among mothers, child externalizing behaviors increased risk of illegal substance use (OR = 1.04), whereas maternal rigidity decreased risk of alcohol use (OR = .83). Collectively, results suggest that child externalizing behaviors and parental rigidity may have differing impacts on the types of substances used by parents.
authors.affiliation: Clinical and School Psychology, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400270, Charlottesville, VA, 22904-4270, USA, jlh6xf@virginia.edu.
authors.forename: Jordan L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wade
authors.forename: Neill Broderick
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: Ronald E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Reeve
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hull
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology*; D002659:Child Development Disorders, Pervasive / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology*; D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010641:Phenotype; D057566:Self Report; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology*