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<p>Experiencing difficulties in parenting can consequently affect parents’ levels of stress, and may impact both their own psychological well-being as well as their children’s. This study aims to test the relationship between dyadic coping and parenting stress. We examined whether marital satisfaction can act as a mediator for the effect of dyadic coping toward parenting stress in parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We compared the different effects of common dyadic coping and supportive dyadic coping for both problem-focused and emotion-focused coping strategies. The sample consisted of 285 parents of children with ASD in Indonesia (N mothers = 88.42%, M age = 39.37, SD age = 7.31). The scales used in this study are the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form (PSI-SF), the Dyadic Coping Inventory (DCI), and the Couples Satisfaction Index (CSI). We found that problem-focused strategies for common dyadic coping predicted all dimensions of parenting stress through marital satisfaction as a mediator. However, we did not find a similar pattern when we tested for the effect of supportive dyadic coping. Taken together, this suggests that parents of children with ASD should consider the importance of cooperation in their coping strategies, as such cooperation may be associated with relational satisfaction, which may protect against parenting stress.</p>

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Marital satisfaction mediates the relationship between dyadic coping and parenting stress among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder

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    2026年4月28日

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  • Adriana S. Ginanjar,
  • Joevarian Hudiyana,
  • Santy Y. Pranawati,
  • Shahnaz Safitri

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Experiencing difficulties in parenting can consequently affect parents’ levels of stress, and may impact both their own psychological well-being as well as their children’s. This study aims to test the relationship between dyadic coping and parenting stress. We examined whether marital satisfaction can act as a mediator for the effect of dyadic coping toward parenting stress in parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We compared the different effects of common dyadic coping and supportive dyadic coping for both problem-focused and emotion-focused coping strategies. The sample consisted of 285 parents of children with ASD in Indonesia (N mothers = 88.42%, M age = 39.37, SD age = 7.31). The scales used in this study are the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form (PSI-SF), the Dyadic Coping Inventory (DCI), and the Couples Satisfaction Index (CSI). We found that problem-focused strategies for common dyadic coping predicted all dimensions of parenting stress through marital satisfaction as a mediator. However, we did not find a similar pattern when we tested for the effect of supportive dyadic coping. Taken together, this suggests that parents of children with ASD should consider the importance of cooperation in their coping strategies, as such cooperation may be associated with relational satisfaction, which may protect against parenting stress.