A Comparison of Distress Tolerance and Fear of Being Laughed at among Children's Siblings with or without Autism Spectrum Disorder

The present study was aimed to compare distress, tolerance, and fear of being laughed of children who had siblings with or without autism spectrum disorder. Twenty nine children who had a sibling with autism spectrum disorder (19 males, 10 females) were matched with 29 children who had a sibling without autism spectrum disorder (19 males, 10 females). The sample were selected from Esfahan, Iran using the convenient sampling method. The participants completed the Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS; Simons & Gaher, 2005) and the Fear of Being Laughed at Scale (FBLS; Ruch & Proyer, 2009).The data were analyzed using MANOVA. The results indicated significant differences in mean scores of tolerance (P