"Uplifts, Respite, Stress, and Marital Quality for Parents Raising Chil" by Tina M. Taylor, Jamie K. Easler et al.
 

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

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

University Standing at Time of Publication

Full Professor

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