Parental Misattribution of Environmental Stress Reaction Symptoms to Autism.

Objective: This research aims to characterize parental misattribution to autism of challenging child behaviors related to environmental stress.

Methods: To identify differences between parental concern about behavioral challenges and child diagnoses, researchers reviewed records of children assessed at a child development clinic (N = 50, mean age = 4.38), genetics clinic (N = 26, mean age = 4.