TY - JOUR
T1 - Parental awareness of sexual experience in adolescent boys with autism spectrum disorder
AU - Dewinter, J.
AU - Vermeiren, R.
AU - Vanwesenbeeck, I.
AU - van Nieuwenhuizen, Ch.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Parent report and adolescent self-report data on lifetime sexual experience in adolescents with ASD were compared in 43 parent-adolescent dyads. Parents tended to underestimate the lifetime sexual experience of their sons, particularly solo sexual experiences such as masturbation and experience with orgasm. Parental underestimation and unawareness of adolescents’ sexual experience may influence communication and education about sex and sexuality in families. These findings have implications for the interpretation of earlier research, based on parent and caregiver reports, on sexuality in adolescents with ASD.
AB - Parent report and adolescent self-report data on lifetime sexual experience in adolescents with ASD were compared in 43 parent-adolescent dyads. Parents tended to underestimate the lifetime sexual experience of their sons, particularly solo sexual experiences such as masturbation and experience with orgasm. Parental underestimation and unawareness of adolescents’ sexual experience may influence communication and education about sex and sexuality in families. These findings have implications for the interpretation of earlier research, based on parent and caregiver reports, on sexuality in adolescents with ASD.
U2 - 10.1007/s10803-015-2622-3
DO - 10.1007/s10803-015-2622-3
M3 - Article
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 46
SP - 713
EP - 719
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
IS - 2
ER -