Table 3.

Correlations among study variables for parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and comparison parents. Mother values are above the diagonal (and shaded) and father values are below the diagonal (and unshaded).

	ASD Group
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1. Parent Education	---	.020	.446**	.062	−.022	−.049	.108	−.077	.082
2. Parent race/ethnicity	−.057	---	−.107	−.021	−.013	−.041	−.027	−.026	−.134
3. Household income	.450**	−.237**	---	.181*	.113	.038	−.088	.085	−.031
4. Relationship length	.210**	−.124	.181*	----	.328**	−.034	.029	−.024	.057
5. Child age	.082	−.127	.113	.328**	---	.108	−.074	.071	−.134
6. Positive DC	−.056	−.058	−.105	.164	.009	---	−.736**	.767*	−.298**
7. Negative DC	−.015	.095	−.090	.233	.006	−.557**	---	−.649**	.396**
8. CSI	.045	−.088	.000	−.020	.030	.648**	−.599**	---	−.231**
9. Parenting Stress	.023	−.189*	.011	.132	−.110	−.135	.440**	−.269**	---
	Comparison Group
1. Parent Education	---	−.045	.454**	.255*	−.066	−.003	−.102	.097	−.030
2. Parent race/ethnicity	−.029	---	−.181*	.025	−.113	.048	−.117	.060	−.019
3. Household income	.350**	−.286**	---	.387**	.167*	−.033	−.159*	.131	−.249**
4. Relationship length	.178*	−.149*	.387**	---	.399**	.004	−.017	.047	−.168*
5. Child age	.004	−.096	.167*	.399**	---	.121	−.049	.060	−.099
6. Positive DC	.118	−.011	.109	.010	.057	---	−.608**	.712**	−.327**
7. Negative DC	.074	−.088	.218**	.128	.007	−.501**	---	−.657**	.328**
8. CSI	.045	−.095	.125	.014	.000	.668**	−.641**	---	−.354**
9. Parenting Stress	−.048	.008	−.125	−.059	.025	−.243**	.308**	−.276**	---

Note.

^**p<0.001

^*p<0.05.

DC = Dyadic Coping; CSI = Couple Satisfaction Index