Factors associated with parent agreement about their child, relationship, and family: A latent profile analysis of parents of autistic children
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2025-04-25
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Previous work has found that parents can disagree in their perception of their child. There is a paucity of research examining whether parents also disagree in perception of their own relationship and family environment. This study used latent profile analysis to examine discrepancies in parent ratings of their autistic child’s internalizing and externalizing behaviors, their couple relationship satisfaction, and their perception of their family environment. This study also identified patterns of agreement across aspects of the family (i.e., child’s behavior, couple relationship satisfaction, or the family and identified correlates of agreement and disagreement. Results revealed different profiles of agreement/disagreement for each construct, but also for each construct, disagreement between parents occurred when ratings were more negative. Couples who disagreed about their relationship satisfaction also agreed about their family environment, but not necessarily their child’s internalizing or externalizing behaviors.
Finally, child autism severity, parent depressive symptoms, and parent broad autism phenotype differed across agreement and disagreement profiles. Results have clinical implications for families with autistic children.
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Psychology