ABSTRACT A wealth of research indicates that social support positively influences parental and family well-being in families of children with disabilities; however, not all supportive efforts are positively received. This study employs the framework of relational turbulence theory to examine evaluations of social support from social network members among parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). In a cross-sectional survey, ninety-four parents of children with ASD (47 heterosexual couples) reported a social network member to whom they disclose issues regarding their marriage and evaluated that network member’s support for their marriage and their parenting. Results of actor-only interdependence modeling demonstrated significant negative associations between husbands’ reported experience of relational turbulence and perceptions of the social network member as helpful with regard to their marriage and parenting their child with ASD. Wives’ relational turbulence was negatively correlated with their perception of the social network member’s parenting support, but not relationship support.

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自闭症谱系障碍患儿父母的关系动荡和社交网络支持观念

摘要大量研究表明，社会支持对残疾儿童家庭的父母和家庭福祉产生积极影响。但是，并不是所有的支持性努力都得到了积极的接受。这项研究采用关系湍流理论的框架来检验自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）患儿父母的社交网络成员对社会支持的评价。在一项横断面调查中，有94名患有ASD的孩子的父母（47对异性恋夫妇）报告了一个社交网络成员，向他们披露了有关婚姻的问题，并评估了该网络成员对婚姻和养育子女的支持。仅演员的相互依存模型的结果表明，丈夫报告的关系动荡经历与社交网络成员的看法之间存在显着的负相关关系，社交网络成员的看法对于他们的婚姻以及为孩子提供ASD育儿有帮助。妻子的关系动荡与他们对社交网络成员的父母支持的看法负相关，但与关系支持却没有关系。