Parental factor in the development of children with autism spectrum disorders

Abstract

The review focuses on describing the specific role of parents in the development of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The main directions of modern research in this field are allocated. Relations of attachment, components of social development in children with ASD and such chsracteristics of parents as sensitivity, responsiveness, insightfulness, synchrony are considered. Features of relationships of parents and childrens emotional regulation, parent emotional co-regulation in children as an important factor of child with ASD development are described. Factors of parental stress and its possible impact on the children development have been analysed. Ideas about the broader phenotype of ASD as a possible cause of some parent features and its impact on children with ASD are given. A conclusion about the promising directions of research in the field under consideration and their practical significance was made.

Keywords: autism spectrum disorders (ASD), parents of children with ASD, attachment,  emotional regulation, broader phenotype of ASD.

* The research was supported by the Russian Foundation of Basic Research (RFBR), the scientific project No. 18-013-00925.

DOI: 10.25205/2658-4506-2019-12-2-106-128