Interactions between autistics and healthy children and their parents in emotional availability: a comparative study.

Autor:	Ustun Gullu B; Faculty of Science and Literature, Düzce University, Düzce, Turkey., Oztop DB; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey., Umutlu Aydin E; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey., Ors B; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey., Cikili Uytun M; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey., Yurumez E; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Global mental health (Cambridge, England) [Glob Ment Health (Camb)] 2024 Oct 23; Vol. 11, pp. e93. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 23 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI:	10.1017/gmh.2024.102
Abstrakt:	In this study, we assessed the interactions of mothers and fathers with their children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in terms of emotional availability (EA) and compared them with the interactions of healthy controls. Children, aged 13-60 months and applied to the Infant Mental Health Unit between January 2019 and March 2021 and their parents without any clinical diagnosis, were included. The EA levels of mothers and fathers of the autistic group, which included 30 boys and 13 girls, and those of the control group, which included 10 boys and 10 girls, were compared. According to the results obtained, it was determined that the EA levels of mothers and fathers of healthy controls were not different; however, the mothers were more sensitive and better in structuring the content of play compared with the fathers in the ASD group. It was noted that the fathers of children with ASD were more hostile than the mothers. EA should be taken as a criterion to determine the intensity and content of treatment, particularly in ASD. Additionally, increased awareness of fathers in EA may provide better results in the intervention process. Competing Interests: The authors declare no potential financial or non-financial competing interests for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article. (© The Author(s) 2024.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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