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ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2023

Brief Report: Alexithymia Trait Severity, Not Autistic Trait Severity, Relates to Caregiver Reactions to Autistic Children's Negative Emotions.

Cassia L McIntyre, Troy Q Boucher, Nichole E Scheerer, Mandeep Gurm, Grace Iarocci

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Article in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review and Developmental Model: Early Childhood Emotion Regulation and Co-Regulation in Autism.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Cassia L McIntyreDepartment of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, V5A 1S6, Burnaby, BC, Canada. addl@sfu.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1376-5665
Troy Q BoucherDepartment of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, V5A 1S6, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Nichole E ScheererDepartment of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, V5A 1S6, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Mandeep GurmDepartment of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, V5A 1S6, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Grace IarocciDepartment of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, V5A 1S6, Burnaby, BC, Canada.

Funding

Canada First Research Excellence Fund Canada First Research Excellence FundNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alexithymia impacts an individual's ability to recognize and understand emotions and frequently co-occurs with autism. This study investigated the relationship between children's alexithymia, autistic traits, and caregiver reactions to their child's negative emotions. Caregivers of 54 autistic and 51 non-autistic children between the ages of 7 and 12 years rated their child's alexithymia and autistic trait severity and their reactions to their child's negative emotions. Caregivers of autistic children reported greater supportive reactions and fewer restrictive/controlling reactions to their child's negative emotions when their child had more alexithymia traits. This study extends previous research by demonstrating that caregivers of autistic children with co-occurring alexithymia traits represent a specific subgroup of caregivers that respond more positively to their child's negative emotions.

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Autism Spectrum DisorderAutistic DisorderAffective SymptomsCaregiversChildEmotionsHumansAlexithymiaAutism spectrum disorderCaregiver reactionsChildren’s emotions

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PMID35437678

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