This study examined the associations of parents’ expressed emotion (EE) and parenting stress, with behavioral problems of children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, idiopathic autism (iASD) and typically developing (TD) children. Parents of children aged 3–8 years completed the five-minute-speech-sample (FMSS), parental stress index and children behavioral checklist. Parents’ FMSS-EE-criticism was higher among parents of children with 22q11DS and iASD compared to parents of TD children. FMSS-EE scores predicted children's behavioral problems, above and beyond parenting stress. The associations between FMSS-EE, parenting stress and children’s behavioral problems were consistent across 22q11DS, iASD and TD children. These findings highlight the need for targeting parents’ EE and parenting stress as integral elements in the screening and prevention of behavioral problems of young children with 22q11DS and iASD.

本研究检查了父母表达情绪 (EE) 和养育压力与 22q11.2 缺失综合征、特发性自闭症 (iASD) 和典型发育 (TD) 儿童的行为问题之间的关系。3-8 岁儿童的父母完成了五分钟语音样本 (FMSS)、父母压力指数和儿童行为检查表。与 TD 儿童的父母相比，患有 22q11DS 和 iASD 的儿童的父母对 FMSS-EE 的批评更高。FMSS-EE 分数预测儿童的行为问题，超出了育儿压力。FMSS-EE、育儿压力和儿童行为问题之间的关联在 22q11DS、iASD 和 TD 儿童中是一致的。