TY - JOUR
T1 - Parental Perception of Emotional Expressiveness in Children With Autism
AU - Capps, Lisa
AU - Kasari, Connie
AU - Yirmiya, Nurit
AU - Sigman, Marian
PY - 1993/6
Y1 - 1993/6
N2 - Parents' perceptions of their children's emotional expressiveness, and possible bases for these perceptions, were investigated in a study comparing older, nonretarded autistic and normal children and in another study comparing young autistic, mentally retarded, and normal children. Both groups of autistic children were perceived as showing more negative emotion and less positive emotion than comparison children. In the younger sample, parental perceptions correlated with the children's attention and responsiveness to others' displays of emotion in 2 laboratory situations. Findings contradict the view that autism involves the "absence of emotional reaction" (American Psychiatric Association, 1987, p. 35).
AB - Parents' perceptions of their children's emotional expressiveness, and possible bases for these perceptions, were investigated in a study comparing older, nonretarded autistic and normal children and in another study comparing young autistic, mentally retarded, and normal children. Both groups of autistic children were perceived as showing more negative emotion and less positive emotion than comparison children. In the younger sample, parental perceptions correlated with the children's attention and responsiveness to others' displays of emotion in 2 laboratory situations. Findings contradict the view that autism involves the "absence of emotional reaction" (American Psychiatric Association, 1987, p. 35).
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U2 - 10.1037/0022-006X.61.3.475
DO - 10.1037/0022-006X.61.3.475
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C2 - 8326050
AN - SCOPUS:85046521131
SN - 0022-006X
VL - 61
SP - 475
EP - 484
JO - Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
JF - Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
IS - 3
ER -