Relation between Autism Spectrum Disorder and Parenting Styles

The present paper, through a theoretical research and an explorative research with the primary objective to investigate the two macro-areas of empathy and coping in parents of children with typical development and of children with ASD, verifying their differences. Another objective was based on an in-depth analysis of the characteristics of the parents of children with typical development, also taking into account parental stress, levels of attachment and the perception of the child's temperament by the parents, continuing the comparison between mothers and fathers in their psychosocial, personality, family and systems relationships.