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Increased rates of depressed mood in mothers of children with ASD associated with the presence of the broader autism phenotype.
Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research - 1 Apr 2011
Ingersoll Brooke, Meyer Katherine, Becker Mark W
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This study examined the relationship between the broader autism phenotype (BAP) and depressed mood in mothers of children with and without autism spectrum disorders (ASD). One hundred and sixty-five mothers (71 with an ASD child and 94 with a non-ASD child) completed a survey of child autism severity (ASD mothers only), parenting stress, BAP, and depression. Mothers of children with ASD reported greater depressed...
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