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Parental broad autism phenotype traits and executive function in families of children with autism spectrum disorder

  • By

  • Zhijia Li

  • Yonglu Wang

  • Shengjian Yin

  • Chenxi Bao

  • Hui Fang

  • Luyang Guan

  • Fei Wang

  • Xiaoyan Ke

  • July 8, 2026

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    Parents of children with ASD exhibit significantly higher Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire scores compared to parents of typically developing children.

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    Fathers of children with ASD scored 41.21% on the BAPQ, while mothers scored 26.25%, both significantly higher than non-ASD parents.

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    Parents of ASD children showed prolonged reaction times on the Flanker task, indicating attentional control challenges.

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    In the 2-Back task, parents of ASD children had faster reaction times but lower accuracy, highlighting a speed-accuracy tradeoff.

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    BAP traits in parents correlate with executive function performance, particularly in attentional control and working memory tasks.

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Parental broad autism phenotype traits and executive function in families of children with autism spectrum disorder

  • by Zhijia Li, Yonglu Wang, Shengjian Yin, Chenxi Bao, Hui Fang, Luyang Guan, Fei Wang, Xiaoyan Ke

  • July 8, 2026

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