INTRODUCTION Despite robust evidence in the broader family process literature for within-couple associations between romantic partners' physiological responding, this linkage has not been tested directly among parents raising a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Explicit attention to these parents is warranted on the basis of the established family-wide challenges associated with the persistent emotional, functional, and behavior impairments typically observed in children with ASD (see Karst & Van Hecke, 2012). The first purpose of this study is to extend examination of within-couple associations between electrodermal activity (EDA) to mothers and fathers of children with ASD. The second purpose is to test 2 potential moderators of EDA synchrony reflecting heightened challenges among parents of children with ASD, namely parenting as an observed conflict topic and global parenting stress. METHOD Both parents wore wrist sensors that captured continuous EDA during a recorded marital conflict interaction. Trained coders provided ratings of emotional intensity and conflict topics, including whether the topic of parenting was discussed. Parents reported their global level of parenting stress. Dyadic multilevel modeling was used to test our hypotheses and accounted for interaction factors (e.g., movement data, emotional intensity). RESULTS Findings identified significant positive associations between parents' EDA. One moderator result emerged; specifically, father EDA was a stronger predictor of mother EDA when parenting was discussed as a conflict topic. CONCLUSION This study extends evidence of within-couple physiological linkage to parents raising a child with ASD and provides a foundation for future research examining the family-wide implications of this linkage. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

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通过养育挑战在冲突和缓和期间的母亲-父亲生理同步：来自自闭症谱系障碍儿童父母的调查结果。

引言 尽管在更广泛的家庭过程文献中强有力的证据表明浪漫伴侣的生理反应之间存在夫妻内关联，但这种联系尚未在抚养患有自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 的孩子的父母中直接进行测试。基于与 ASD 儿童中常见的持续情绪、功能和行为障碍相关的既定家庭范围内的挑战，对这些父母的明确关注是有必要的（参见 Karst & Van Hecke，2012）。本研究的第一个目的是将皮肤电活动 (EDA) 之间的夫妻内关联扩展到 ASD 儿童的母亲和父亲。第二个目的是测试 2 个潜在的 EDA 同步调节因素，反映 ASD 儿童父母面临的挑战，即育儿作为观察到的冲突话题和全球育儿压力。方法 父母双方都佩戴腕部传感器，在记录的婚姻冲突互动期间捕获持续的 EDA。受过训练的编码员提供情绪强度和冲突主题的评级，包括是否讨论了育儿主题。父母报告了他们的全球育儿压力水平。二元多级建模用于测试我们的假设并解释交互因素（例如，运动数据、情绪强度）。结果 结果发现父母的 EDA 之间存在显着的正相关。出现了一个主持人结果；具体而言，当育儿被作为冲突话题讨论时，父亲 EDA 是母亲 EDA 的更强预测因子。结论 本研究将夫妻内生理联系的证据扩展到抚养患有 ASD 儿童的父母，并为未来研究这种联系对家庭范围的影响提供基础。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2021 APA，保留所有权利）。