Project: Predictors of maladaptation and the effect of a brief marital therapy in parents of a child with a pervasive developmental disorder.

1998-01-01 – 2001-12-31

Abstract

The goal of study 1 is to assess to what extent family adaptation is affected by the presence of a child with PDD and to what extent severity of handicap, stressor perception and individual and relational variables predict adaptation. In study 2, the effect of a specific and nonspecific marital therapy in parents of a child with PDD is compared.