The Importance of Relationship Satisfaction and Raising a Child with ASD

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cityu.schoolSchool of Health and Social Sciences
cityu.siteVancouver, BC
cityu.site.countryCanada
dc.contributor.authorSinnott, Marlee
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-11T00:34:19Z
dc.date.available2021-12-11T00:34:19Z
dc.date.issued2021-12
dc.description.abstractCouples raising a child with Autism are impacted by greater amounts of stress and lower quality of life than parents who do not have a child diagnosed with Autism. In addition, this reduced quality of life can also interfere with the couple's relationship satisfaction and ability to engage in a healthy and meaningful relationship with their partner. The aim of this capstone was to develop a group program that could be used by clinicians to work with parents who are raising a child with Autism. By attending to the practical and emotional needs of the couple, clinicians can improve overall family functioning longer term for families raising a child with Autism in addition to also improving the quality of life for each individual in the family. A couple's intervention program that incorporates various coping strategies, partner intimacy skills and therapies such as Narrative Therapy, EFT-C and SFBCT is proposed as a way to improve relationship satisfaction in couples raising a child with Autism so that overall family functioning for the parents and child can be accomplished.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11803/1607
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.institutionCity University of Seattle (CityU)
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
dc.subjectautism spectrum disorder
dc.subjectparental stress
dc.subjectmarital satisfaction
dc.subjectintimacy
dc.subjectdyadic coping
dc.subjectsupported dyadic coping
dc.subjectdelegated dyadic coping
dc.subjectcommon dyadic coping
dc.subjectfamily therapy
dc.subjectnarrative therapy
dc.subjectemotion-focused therapy
dc.subjectsolution-focused brief therapy
dc.titleThe Importance of Relationship Satisfaction and Raising a Child with ASD
dc.typeCapstone
thesis.degree.disciplineCounselling
thesis.degree.grantorCity University of Seattle
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Counselling
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