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المستخلص The current study aimed to identify the most common fears among children with autism disorder and to identify whether there are differences in fears attributed to severity level of autism disorder, and to reveal the effect of the variables of sex, age and the interaction of both on fears as well as to identify the nature of the relationship between children’s IQ and fears as well as revealing the nature of the relationship between parental rearing styles, fears and aggressive behavior in children with autism disorder and the possibility of predicting aggressive behavior through parental rearing styles and fears. The study sample consisted of (416) children aged from one year and five months to twenty years, 342 males (MA 7,436, SD 4,097), 74 females (MA 6,665, SD3,747). Results showed: The most common fear patterns in children with autism disorder are medical and situational fears, then fear of danger and death, followed by social fears, then fear of animals and insects. Severity level of autism has a statistically significant effect on fears in the domains of : Medical and situational fears, fear of animals & insects and social fears. There was no statistically significant effect of severity level of autism on fears in the areas of: Medical and situational fears, fear of animals and insects, social fears. There is a statistical significant effect of age on the subscale of fear of animals and insects. Younger autistic children (1-9 years) have fears of animals and insects more than older autistic children (10- 18) years. There are no significant coefficients between children’s IQ and fears. There is a positive significant relationship between parental rejection and children’s scores on the sub- scale aggression towards others and the total score of the aggressive behavior scale. There is a significant positive relationship between children’s scores on the two sub- scales: Medical and situational fears, social fears, the total score of fears and their scores on the self – aggression sub- scale and the total score of aggressive behavior. Results also showed the possibility of predicting aggressive behavior through severity level of autism, parental rearing styles and fears in children with autism disorder. |