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Jamie K Easler1, Tina M Taylor1, Susanne Olsen Roper1
1Jamie K. Easler, Tina M. Taylor, Susanne Olsen Roper, Jeremy B. Yorgason, and JamesM. Harper, Brigham Young University.
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.
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