Although caregiver characteristics such as personality and psychopathology strongly relate to parenting, little is known about how a caregiver’s own autistic or broader autism phenotype (BAP) traits relate to parenting practices. This is a significant gap in our understanding of individual differences in parenting given the rising prevalence of autism diagnoses among adults, with higher levels of the population reporting subclinical traits related to autism (i.e., BAP traits of aloofness, pragmatic language difficulties, and rigidity). To further our understanding of families wherein caregivers identify as autistic or as having autistic traits, we examined (1) whether caregiver BAP traits, considered both categorically and continuously, were associated with parenting practices; (2) how the three distinct BAP traits differentially related to parenting, and (3) whether BAP traits were associated with parenting over and above other mental health symptoms. Caregivers (n = 138) reported on BAP traits, multiple domains of parenting using the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire and the Parental Emotion Style Questionnaire, and co-occurring attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) traits and internalizing symptoms. BAP traits were associated with parenting both categorically and continuously, with the three BAP subscales showing differential associations with parenting outcomes, even when controlling for internalizing symptoms and ADHD traits. Aloofness was associated with lower scores on measures of emotion dismissing, positive parenting, and involvement, whereas pragmatic language difficulties were associated with lower scores on emotion coaching and higher scores on poor monitoring. Rigidity was uniquely associated with higher scores on emotion dismissing. Implications for advancing understanding of individual differences in parenting, considering systemic and contextual influences on parenting, and supporting parenting in the general population and for autistic adults are discussed.

尽管诸如人格和精神病理学等看护者特征与养育子女密切相关，但关于看护者自身的自闭症或更广泛的自闭症表型 (BAP) 特征如何与养育实践相关的知之甚少。鉴于成年人中自闭症诊断的患病率不断上升，我们对育儿个体差异的理解存在重大差距，更高水平的人口报告与自闭症相关的亚临床特征（即 BAP 的冷漠特征、语用障碍和僵硬） . 为了进一步了解看护者认定为自闭症或具有自闭症特征的家庭，我们检查了 (1) 看护者的 BAP 特征，无论是明确地还是持续地考虑，是否与养育做法有关；(2) 三个不同的 BAP 特征如何与育儿有差异，以及 (3) BAP 特征是否与育儿有关，而不是其他心理健康症状。看护人 (n = 138) 报告了 BAP 特征、使用阿拉巴马州育儿问卷和父母情绪风格问卷的多个育儿领域，以及同时发生的注意力缺陷/多动障碍 (ADHD) 特征和内化症状。BAP 特征与绝对和连续的育儿相关，三个 BAP 分量表显示出与育儿结果的不同关联，即使在控制内化症状和 ADHD 特征时也是如此。冷漠与情绪排斥、积极养育和参与的测量得分较低有关，而语用语言困难与情绪指导得分较低和监控不佳得分较高有关。刚性与较高的情绪消除分数有关。讨论了促进对育儿中个体差异的理解、考虑对育儿的系统和背景影响以及支持一般人群和自闭症成人育儿的意义。