Sense making and benefit finding in couples who have a child with Asperger syndrome: An application of the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model

Autism

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 275-292

  Samios, Christina ^a,b   Pakenham, Kenneth I ^a   Sofronoff, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actor Partner Interdependence Model; adjustment; Asperger syndrome; benefit finding; meaning making; parents; sense making

Indexed keywords

21 ITEM DEPRESSION, ANXIETY AND STRESS SCALE; ABBREVIATED SPANIER DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE; ACTOR PARTNER INTERDEPENDENCE MODEL; ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; SATISFACTION WITH LIFE SCALE; SUBJECTIVE PHYSICAL HEALTH RATING SCALE; THINKING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CHILD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84861798871     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361311418691     Document Type: Article

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