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- Authors
- Timmons, L., & Ekas, N. V.
- Affiliations
- Texas Christian University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Timmons, Lisa
- ORCID
- Ekas, Naomi V.
- Venue
- Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-05
- Volume
- 49
- Pages
- 13-24
- ISSN
- 1878-0237 (ISSN-L)
- 1750-9467
- OpenAlex
- W2794190362
- Cited by
- 32
- References
- 52
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3
- FWCI
- 3.39
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Research in Autism (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Family and Disability Support Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health via Writing
- Keywords
- gratitude interventions, autism spectrum disorder, mothers of autistic children, maternal well-being, parental self-efficacy, parenting satisfaction, relationship quality, positive psychology interventions, character strengths
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