id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt hx11xd09p86 Naomi V Ekas Adaptation to Stress Among Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Role of Positive Affect and Personality Factors 2009 .txt text/plain 222 7 28 This daily diary study investigates (1) the relationship between daily stress, general life stress as well as stress related to the child's characteristics, and daily negative affect, (2) the role of daily positive affect in promoting resistance to stress and recovery from daily stress, (3) the moderating effects of optimism and perceived control on the relationships between daily stress, daily positive affect, and daily negative affect, and (4) whether daily positive affect serves to mediate both relationship between optimism and daily negative affect, as well as the relationship between perceived control and daily negative affect. Results from hierarchical linear models (HLM) revealed that higher levels of perceived stress were associated with decreased well-being, both within and across days. cache/hx11xd09p86.txt txt/hx11xd09p86.txt