Considering that only little research to date has systematically addressed differences between father - child and mother - child dyads in these dyadic emotional processes, we explored
whether emotional expressivity and flexibility differed between mother - child and father - child dyads with and without AD children.
Therefore, a critical question remains
whether there are differences between parent - child dyads with AD children and non-AD children in levels of dyadic
emotional expressivity (i.e., dyadic positive and negative affect).