title: Respite Care, Stress, Uplifts, and Marital Quality in Parents of Children with Down Syndrome.
abstract: Parents of children with disabilities are at risk for high stress and low marital quality; therefore, this study surveyed couples (n = 112) of children with Down syndrome (n = 120), assessing whether respite hours, stress, and uplifts were related to marital quality. Structural equation modeling indicated that respite hours were negatively related to wife/husband stress, which was in turn negatively related to wife/husband marital quality. Also, wife uplifts were positively related to both wife and husband marital quality. Husband uplifts were positively related to husband marital quality. Therefore, it is important that respite care is provided and accessible to parents of children with Down syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Crestview Elementary School, Davis School District, 185 W. Golden Ave, Layton, UT, 84041, USA.|Department of Counseling Psychology and Special Education, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 84602, USA.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Norton
authors.affiliation: McKay School of Education, Brigham Young University, 301 McKay Building, Provo, UT, 84602, USA. Tina_dyches@byu.edu.
authors.forename: Tina Taylor
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-0720-1492
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Dyches
authors.affiliation: School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, 273 Taylor Building, Provo, UT, 84602, USA.
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Harper
authors.affiliation: School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, 2089 Joseph F. Smith Building, Provo, UT, 84602, USA.
authors.forename: Susanne Olsen
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Roper
authors.affiliation: Center for the Improvement of Teacher Education and Schooling, Brigham Young University, 149-D McKay Building, Provo, UT, 84602, USA.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Caldarella
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D012144:Respite Care / Q000523:psychology*; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Actor-partner interdependence model; Down syndrome; Marital quality; Respite care; Stress; Structural equation modeling; Uplifts