Mothers’ personality traits and psychological and social functioning of children with autism spectrum disorder
Mothers’ personality traits and psychological and social functioning of children with autism spectrum disorder

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the work was to analyze the relationship between personality traits of the surveyed mothers and psychosocial functioning of their children with a medical diagnosis of disorder belonging to autism spectrum (acc. to DSM-5). Moreover, an attempt was made to distinguish personality types in the group of surveyed women raising children with ASD. The study involved 58 women raising children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (acc. to DSM-5). The results of statistical analyses point out the occurrence of statistically significant correlations between mothers’ personality traits: low level of extraversion, agreeableness and emotional stability, and severe difficulties in psychological and social functioning of their children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Based on the cluster analysis, two groups of mothers of children with ASD were distinguished, differing in personality types/profiles.

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