Maternal and paternal insightfulness and reaction to the diagnosis in families of preschoolers with Autism spectrum disorder: associations with observed parental sensitivity and inter-parent interaction

Figures & data

Table 1. Descriptive statistics of study variables and comparisons of mothers and fathers.

	Mothers	Fathers
Study Variables	M (SD)	M (SD)	t value
Insightfulness	5.61 (1.51)	5.04 (1.75)	t (78) = 2.68, p < .001
Resolution	4.17 (1.17)	4.07 (1.29)	t (78) < 1, ns
Sensitivity	4.97 (.84)	5.04 (.87)	t (76) < 1, ns
Parent-parent interaction	.011 (1.00)
Control Measures
Parental ^aBAPQ	1.42 (.58)	2.65 (.50)	t (78) = 1.48, p = .14
Child ^bCSS	7.01 (1.58)
Child IQ	68.01 (25.01)

^aBAPQ – Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire.

^bCSS – ADOS Calibrated Severity Score.

Table 2. Associations between the study variables (N = 79).

	Maternal Sensitivity	Paternal sensitivity	Parent-parent interaction
Maternal Insightfulness	−.07	.23*	.45**
Paternal Insightfulness	.11	.35**	.30**
Maternal Resolution	.29**	.04	.23*
Paternal Resolution	.12	.15	.18*

Note: *p < .05. **p < .01.