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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Hartley, Sigan L.; Barker, Erin T.; Seltzer, Marsha Mailick; Greenberg, Jan S.; Floyd, Frank J. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
The association of marital satisfaction with parenting burden and quality of the parent-child relationship was examined in 91 married mothers and fathers of co-residing adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorders. Within-couple differences between mothers and fathers in how child characteristics related to these parenting experiences…
Descriptors: Marital Satisfaction, Mothers, Fathers, Child Rearing
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Hartley, Sigan L.; MacLean, William E., Jr. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2009
The experience of stressful social interactions, negative causal attributions, and the use of maladaptive coping efforts help maintain depression over time in the general population. We investigated whether a similar experience occurs among adults with mild intellectual disability. We compared the frequency and stress impact of such interactions,…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Mild Mental Retardation, Coping, Depression (Psychology)
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Hartley, Sigan L.; MacLean, William E., Jr. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2009
Adults with intellectual disability are vulnerable to stressful social interactions. We determined frequency and severity of various stressful social interactions, identified the social partners in these interactions, and examined the specific interpersonal skill difficulties of 114 adults with mild intellectual disability. Participants'…
Descriptors: Mild Mental Retardation, At Risk Persons, Aggression, Interpersonal Competence