Waisman Center and Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA.
J Fam Psychol. 2012 Oct;26(5):688-97. doi: 10.1037/a0029354. Epub 2012 Aug 6.
We examined the extent to which marital satisfaction across 7 years in 199 mothers was associated with the characteristics (gender, age, and intellectual disability status) of their adolescent or adult child with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and whether fluctuations in marital satisfaction covaried with the child's autism symptoms, health, behavior problems, and closeness in the parent-child relationship. We also examined the impact of the departure of the adult child out of the family home on mothers' marital satisfaction. The effect of family context variables including the presence of an additional child with a disability, maternal education, and household income on marital satisfaction were also examined. We found that closeness in the mother-child relationship and household income had a significant effect on level of marital satisfaction, and that variability in the slope of mothers' marital satisfaction was significantly predicted by fluctuations in the behavior problems of the adolescent or adult child with an ASD. The grown child's departure out of the family home was not related to change in marital satisfaction. Interventions aimed at managing the behavior problems of adolescents and adults with ASDs may help strengthen parents' marital relationship.
我们考察了 199 位母亲 7 年来的婚姻满意度与他们患有自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）的青少年或成年子女的特征（性别、年龄和智力残疾状况）之间的关系程度，以及婚姻满意度的波动是否与孩子的自闭症症状、健康、行为问题以及亲子关系的亲密程度有关。我们还考察了成年子女离开家庭对母亲婚姻满意度的影响。我们还考察了家庭环境变量（包括是否有另一个残疾儿童、母亲教育程度和家庭收入）对婚姻满意度的影响。我们发现，亲子关系的亲密程度和家庭收入对婚姻满意度有显著影响，而母亲婚姻满意度斜率的变化可显著预测 ASD 青少年或成年子女行为问题的波动。成年子女离开家庭并不影响婚姻满意度的变化。旨在管理 ASD 青少年和成年人行为问题的干预措施可能有助于加强父母的婚姻关系。
