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Finding Meaning In Parenting A Child With Asperger Syndrome: Correlates Of Sense Making And Benefit Finding, Kenneth Pakenham, Kate Sofronoff, Christina Samios
Finding Meaning In Parenting A Child With Asperger Syndrome: Correlates Of Sense Making And Benefit Finding, Kenneth Pakenham, Kate Sofronoff, Christina Samios
Christina Samios
This study explored the nature of two construals of meaning, benefit finding and sense making, in parents of a child with Asperger syndrome, and examined relations between both meaning constructs and the Double ABCX family stress model variables (initial stressor and pile-up of demands, appraisal, social support, coping strategies and adjustment) [H.I. McCubbin, J.M. Patterson, Social Stress and the Family: Advances and Developments in Family Stress Theory and Research, Haworth, New York, 1983, pp. 7–37]. A total of 59 parents completed questionnaires. Content analyses of parents’ responses to questions inquiring about gains and sense making explanations revealed 8 benefit and …