The relationship between K personality traits (dramatic reactions and denying personality), general health status, maternity status, mother's blood group and family functioning with the severity of autism in children

Abstract

The present study was conducted to determine the relationship between K's personality traits, general health status, childbirth status, mother's blood group, and family functioning with the severity of autism in children. The statistical population of the research included all parents of children aged 3 to 15 years in rehabilitation centers in Tehran; The estimated sample was equal to 120 mothers, and an available sampling method was used to select the desired sample. The data collection tool in this research was the McMaster Family Function Questionnaire (FAD), Afrooz’s Biological, Psychological, Cognitive, and Social Characteristics Questionnaire, and Minnesota Multifaceted Personality Characteristics Questionnaire (MMPI). SPSS24 software and one-sample t-tests, Pearson correlation, step-by-step multiple regression, and analysis of variance tests were used for statistical calculations and analyses. It showed that the correlation coefficient between a person's desire to perform dramatic reactions and denying personality has a significant relationship with the severity of autism in children. Also, there is no relationship between the characteristics of general health status, the mother's delivery status, and the severity of autism in children. At the same time, there is a significant relationship between the blood group, and a significant negative relationship between family functioning and the severity of autism in children. Based on this, the work of therapists should pay attention to the functions of the family and explain the unique behavioral patterns of the person by focusing on the mutual relations between two people. Bidirectional influences mean that the unique shared patterns of interaction, affect, and perception between two people tell more about what is likely to affect a child's or adolescent's development than each person's actions, emotions, and thoughts alone.