[article]
| Titre : |
Maternal Exposure to Childhood Abuse is Associated with Mate Selection: Implications for Autism in Offspring |
| Type de document : |
Texte imprimé et/ou numérique |
| Auteurs : |
Andrea L. ROBERTS, Auteur ; Kristen LYALL, Auteur ; Marc G. WEISSKOPF, Auteur |
| Article en page(s) : |
p.1998-2009 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Mots-clés : |
Childhood abuse Maternal factors Paternal factors Genetics Mate selection Autism |
| Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
| Résumé : |
Maternal experience of childhood abuse has been associated with offspring autism. To explore whether familial tendency towards autistic traits—presumably related to genetic predisposition—accounts for this association, we examined whether women who experienced childhood abuse were more likely to select mates with high levels of autistic traits, and whether parental autistic traits accounted for the association of maternal abuse and offspring autism in 209 autism cases and 833 controls. Maternal childhood abuse was strongly associated with high paternal autistic traits (severe abuse, OR = 3.98, 95% CI = 1.26, 8.31). Maternal and paternal autistic traits accounted for 21% of the association between maternal abuse and offspring autism. These results provide evidence that childhood abuse affects mate selection, with implications for offspring health. |
| En ligne : |
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-017-3115-3 |
| Permalink : |
https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=313 |
in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 47-7 (July 2017) . - p.1998-2009
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Maternal Exposure to Childhood Abuse is Associated with Mate Selection: Implications for Autism in Offspring in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47-7 (July 2017)
