Parental Perception of Emotional Expressiveness in Children With Autism

Lisa Capps, Connie Kasari, Nurit Yirmiya, Marian Sigman*

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Abstract

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).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)475-484
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Volume61
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1993
Externally publishedYes

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