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Naomi V. Ekas; Chrystyna D. Kouros; Brock A. Rigsby; Sarah Madison; Julianne Hymel; Maddy Filippi – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
Parents, particularly mothers, of autistic children may be especially vulnerable to the negative effects of COVID-19. The current longitudinal study examined changes in psychological distress (anxiety, depression, stress) and marital functioning of mothers and fathers of autistic children across three time points between April and October 2020,…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Marital Satisfaction, Parents, Adolescents
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Tong, Wei; Jia, Jichao; He, Qiong; Lan, Jing; Fang, Xiaoyi – Developmental Psychology, 2021
Research has shown that intrapersonal, interpersonal, and stress factors are associated with development in marital satisfaction. However, the unique contributions of early predictors and changes in these factors to the development of marital satisfaction have been overlooked. Based on data from 268 Chinese newlywed couples (M[subscript age] =…
Descriptors: Marital Satisfaction, Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Stress Variables
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Elom, Sampson Omena; Egba, Nwamaka A. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The study investigated marital stress and extraversion personality as predictors of job satisfaction among married women teachers in Enugu, Nigeria. One hundred and eighty eight married women teachers in Enugu, Nigeria participated in the study. Three instruments were used to gather information in this study. They included marital stress inventory…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Job Satisfaction, Marital Satisfaction
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Fuenfhausen, Kerrie K.; Cashwell, Craig S. – Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 2013
A sample of 191 married students from 23 Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs-accredited programs participated in a survey designed to examine factors that affect the marital satisfaction of counseling graduate students. Results indicated that attachment anxiety, attachment avoidance, and dyadic coping accounted…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Surveys, Marital Satisfaction, Graduate Students
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Schramm, David G.; Adler-Baeder, Francesca – Journal of Family Issues, 2012
Although economic pressure and family stress models have been examined with samples of men and women in first marriages, previous models have neglected to focus on men and women in stepfamilies and to examine stress sources unique to stepfamilies. This study examines the effect of economic pressure on both common stressors and stepfamily-specific…
Descriptors: Marriage, Family (Sociological Unit), Males, Structural Equation Models
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Merrifield, Kami A.; Gamble, Wendy C. – Journal of Family Issues, 2013
This study examined associations among marital quality, coparenting, and parenting self-efficacy in parents of young children. Of special interest were possible spillover and stress-buffering effects of the marital and coparenting relationships. The authors sampled 175 married and cohabiting couples. Participants were recruited via an online…
Descriptors: Marital Satisfaction, Child Rearing, Stress Variables, Stress Management
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Luthar, Suniya S.; Ciciolla, Lucia – Developmental Psychology, 2015
Developmental science is replete with studies on the impact of mothers on their children, but little is known about what might best help caregivers to function well themselves. In an initial effort to address this gap, we conducted an Internet-based study of over 2,000 mostly well-educated mothers, seeking to illuminate salient risk and protective…
Descriptors: Well Being, Mothers, Child Rearing, Parent Attitudes
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Donoho, Carrie J.; Crimmins, Eileen M.; Seeman, Teresa E. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2013
Marital quality is an important factor for understanding the relationship between marriage and health. Low-quality relationships may not have the same health benefits as high-quality relationships. To understand the association between marital quality and health, we examined associations between two indicators of marital quality (marital support…
Descriptors: Marriage, Marital Satisfaction, Correlation, Health
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Pines, Ayala Malach; Neal, Margaret B.; Hammer, Leslie B.; Icekson, Tamar – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2011
We use existential theory as a framework to explore the levels of and relationship between job and couple burnout reported by dual-earner couples in the "sandwich generation" (i.e., couples caring both for children and aging parents) in a sample of such couples in Israel and the United States. This comparison enables an examination of…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Burnout, Family Work Relationship, Foreign Countries
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Siman-Tov, Ayelet; Kaniel, Shlomo – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2011
The research validates a multivariate model that predicts parental adjustment to coping successfully with an autistic child. The model comprises four elements: parental stress, parental resources, parental adjustment and the child's autism symptoms. 176 parents of children aged between 6 to 16 diagnosed with PDD answered several questionnaires…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Autism, Marriage, Coping
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DiLillo, David; Peugh, James; Walsh, Kate; Panuzio, Jillian; Trask, Emily; Evans, Sarah – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2009
Participants included 202 newlywed couples who reported retrospectively about child maltreatment experiences (sexual abuse, physical abuse, psychological abuse, and neglect) and whose marital functioning was assessed 3 times over a 2-year period. Decreased marital satisfaction at T1 was predicted by childhood physical abuse, psychological abuse,…
Descriptors: Spouses, Child Abuse, Marital Satisfaction, Longitudinal Studies
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Godbout, Natacha; Sabourin, Stephane; Lussier, Yvan – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
This study compared the usefulness of single- and multiple-indicator strategies in a model examining the role of child sexual abuse (CSA) to predict later marital satisfaction through attachment and psychological distress. The sample included 1,092 women and men from a nonclinical population in cohabiting or marital relationships. The single-item…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Marital Satisfaction, Structural Equation Models
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Renty, Jo; Roeyers, Herbert – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2007
The aim of the present study was to examine the predictive value of social support and coping for individual and marital adaptation in adult men with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their spouses, based on the double ABCX model of adaptation. Twenty-one couples participated in the study and completed measures of stressor severity, social…
Descriptors: Severity (of Disability), Spouses, Males, Coping
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Cuskelly, Monica; Hauser-Cram, Penny; Van Riper, Marcia – Down Syndrome Research and Practice, 2009
This paper provides a brief overview of what is currently known about families of children with Down syndrome. In addition, it highlights a number of issues that require further research if we are to have a thorough understanding of the impact of a child with Down syndrome on families as a system and on the individuals who make up that system.…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Longitudinal Studies, Child Rearing, Fathers
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McCarthy, Annette; Cuskelly, Monica; van Kraayenoord, Christina E.; Cohen, Jonathan – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2006
This study examined parental and family stress and functioning where there is a child with fragile X syndrome. Mothers and fathers in 40 families were asked about their child with fragile X syndrome, family supports, their psychological stress, the marital relationship, and their family stress. Results indicate parents were well adjusted in terms…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Anxiety, Mothers, Fathers
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