Feeling good, feeling bad: Influences of maternal perceptions of the child and marital adjustment on well-being in mothers of children with an autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 848-858

  Lickenbrock, Diane M ^a,c   Ekas, Naomi V ^b   Whitman, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Daily experiences; Marital adjustment; Maternal well being; Multilevel modeling; Negative and positive maternal perceptions of the child

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AUTISM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EVENTS SCALE; MARITAL ADJUSTMENT; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79959847778     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-010-1105-9     Document Type: Article

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