Couple relationships among parents of children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Findings from a scoping review of the literature

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue , 2015, Pages 142-157

  Saini, Michael ^a   Stoddart, Kevin P ^a,b   Gibson, Margaret ^a   Morris, Rae ^a,b   Barrett, Deborah ^c   Muskat, Barbara ^a,d   Nicholas, David ^e   Rampton, Glenn ^f   Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Redpath Centre   (Canada)

^c Autism Society Alberta   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD); Co parenting; Couple relationship; Divorce; Marital relationship; Scoping review

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DIVORCE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY RELATION; HOPE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84937209465     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: 18780237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2015.06.014     Document Type: Review

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