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Dembo, Robert S.; Mailick, Marsha R.; Rudolph, Abby E.; Huntington, Nick; DaWalt, Leann Smith; Mitra, Monika – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2023
The present study examined the associations between networks of social relationships and psychological well-being among mothers of adolescents and adults with autism (n = 352) over a 12-year period of time. A structural equation modeling approach was used to delineate the relative impacts of network size and relationship diversity on maternal…
Descriptors: Mothers, Adolescents, Adults, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Namkung, Eun Ha; Greenberg, Jan S.; Mailick, Marsha R.; Floyd, Frank J. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2018
This research examined how parenting adults with developmental disabilities affects parental well-being beyond midlife and into old age. Parents of adults with developmental disabilities (n = 249) and parents of adults without disabilities (n = 9,016), studied in their early 50s and mid-60s, were longitudinally tracked into their early 70s.…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Developmental Disabilities, Parents, Well Being
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Esbensen, Anna J.; Mailick, Marsha R.; Silverman, Wayne – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
Parental characteristics were significant predictors of health, functional abilities, and behavior problems in adults with Down syndrome ("n" ?=? 75) over a 22-year time span, controlling for initial levels and earlier changes in these outcomes. Lower levels of behavior problems were predicted by improvements in maternal depressive…
Descriptors: Parents, Individual Characteristics, Predictor Variables, Behavior Problems