Being a Parent of a Child with a Disability May

question 71

True/False

Being a parent of a child with a disability may contribute to marital tension and stress.

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Definitions:

Performance-Based Measure

Evaluation methods that assess individuals' abilities, skills, or competencies through their actual performance or the outcomes of their actions.

Emotional Intelligence

Ability to perceive and express emotion, use emotions to facilitate thought, understand and reason with emotion, and regulate emotion.

Separating Emotion

The process of detaching emotions from a particular situation in order to approach it more logically or neutrally.

Suppress Emotions

The conscious effort to control and hold back one's feelings or emotional responses.