Keywords
Actor-Partner Interdependence Model, marital quality, respite care, stress, uplifts
Abstract
Direct, indirect, and partner effects estimated among uplifts, respite care, stress, and marital quality across mothers and fathers of children with autism spectrum disorder (n = 102) and Down syndrome (n = 111) were examined in this cross-sectional study. Parents of children with ASD who reported more uplifts and less stress individually reported better marital quality; these wives reported better marital quality as their husbands reported more uplifts and less stress. Wives with children with DS who reported more uplifts, individually along with their husbands reported less stress and better marital quality. Respite was directly associated with marital quality for parents of children with ASD and indirectly associated with marital quality for parents of children with DS with reduced individual stress. Implications are discussed.
Original Publication Citation
*Easler, J., Taylor, T. M., Roper, S. O., Yorgason, J. B., & Harper, J. (2022). Respite care, uplifts, stress, and marital quality for parents raising children with Down syndrome or autism spectrum disorder. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 60(2), 145-162 https://doi.org/10.1352/1934-9556-60.2.145
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Taylor, Tina M.; Easler, Jamie K.; Roper, Susanne Olsen; Yorganson, Jeremy B.; and Harper, James M,, "Uplifts, Respite, Stress, and Marital Quality for Parents Raising Children With Down Syndrome or Autism" (2022). Faculty Publications. 7325.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/7325
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2022
Publisher
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Language
English
College
David O. McKay School of Education
Department
Counseling Psychology and Special Education
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