Sociology of Mental Health, Medical Sociology, Disability and the Family
PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Benson, Paul R. 2020 "Examining the Links between received network support and marital quality among mothers of children with ASD: A longitudinal mediation analysis." Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 50: 960-975.
O’Nions, Elizabeth, Eva Ceulemans, Francesca Happé, Paul Benson, Kris Evers, and Ilse Noens. 2020. "Parenting strategies used by parents of children with ASD: Differential links with child problem behaviour." Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 50: 386-401.
Paul R. Benson. 2018. “The impact of child and family stressors on the self-rated health of mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder: Associations with depressed mood over a 12-year period.” Autism 22: 489–501.
Paul R. Benson. 2016. "The Longitudinal Effects of Network Characteristics on the Mental Health of Mothers of Children with ASD: The Mediating Role of Parent Cognitions." Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 46:1699–1715.
Paul R. Benson. 2015. "Longitudinal effects of educational involvement on parent and family functioning among mothers of children with ASD." Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 11, 42-55.
Paul R. Benson. 2014. "Coping and Psychological Adjustment Among Mothers of Children with ASD: An Accelerated Longitudinal Study." Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44: 1793-1807.
Paul R. Benson. 2013. "Family influences on social and play outcomes among children with ASD during middle childhood." Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 7: 1129-1141.
Paul R. Benson. 2011. "Marital quality and psychological distress in mothers of children with autism spectrum disorders." Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 12: 674-684.
Paul R. Benson, Dave Daley, Kristie L. Karlof, and Dotty Robison. 2011. “Assessing expressed emotion in parents of children with autism: The Autism-Specific Five Minute Speech Sample.” Autism 15: 65-82.
View Professor Benson's Curriculum Vitae.
Stress, coping, and social support issues related to family caregiving of children, adolescents, and young adults with autism and other developmental and intellectual disabilities, particularly from a longitudinal perspective.
