The Examination of Mother with Child and Father with Child Interaction in Families of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the interactional behaviors of the parents who have a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in terms of various variables. In this descriptive survey study, the participants were 24 parents who have a child with ASD within 36-72 months-old age range. The data were collected through video records of interactions of parents and their child, and were analyze dusing a statistical program. The results showed that the parents who have a child with ASD had low interaction scores in the subscales of emotional expressive and responsive-interactional behaviors. Their scores in the subscale of guiding and success-oriented interractional behaviors were high, meaning that they are extremely success-oriented. It was not found a noteworthy difference in terms of the variables that ASD probability of child, child’s gender, and educationa lstatus of the parents’, during the mother-child and the father-child interactions