The professional literature provides ample evidence that individuals with autism exhibit a
myriad of unusual social, communication, and behavioral patterns of interactions that …

Qualitative approaches have much to offer family psychology. Among the uses for qualitative
methods are theory building, model and hypothesis testing, descriptions of lived …

The authors reviewed 94 studies published in journals since 1980 on religion and marital or
parental functioning. Meta-analytic techniques were used to quantify religion–family …

We assessed the role of religion in the coping of families of children with autism. Forty-five
parents completed the Brief RCOPE; identified stressors of autism; and completed measures …

A basic premise of much of the health research conducted with immigrant groups is that
culturally based behaviors change over time as a result of acculturation, ie, interaction with …

An exploratory examination of workplace friendship deterioration processes was conducted
using employees' narrative accounts of their experiences. Narratives revealed five primary …

The United States is entering a time of unprecedented ethnic diversity, one which
Hernandez (1997, p. 159) calls an era of “revolutionary demographic transformations... in …

The Early Childhood Outcomes (ECO) Center was funded by the Office of Special Education
Programs to promote the development and implementation of child and family outcome …

This article examines how women present a moral self in relation to public norms that
constitutegood'motherhood. Thefocus of this article is on two types of written life story: first …

In this study, the Double ABCX model of family adaptation was used to explore the impact of
severity of autism symptoms, behavior problems, social support, religious coping, and …