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Although family theorists have proposed that finding meaning occurs interpersonally, there is a dearth of empirical research that has examined finding meaning at the couple level. This study examined sense making and benefit finding in 84 couples who have a child with Asperger syndrome by using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (Kenny et al., 2006) to examine actor effects (i.e. the extent to which an individual\u2019s score on the predictor variable impacts his or her own level of adjustment) and partner effects (i.e. the extent to which an individual\u2019s score on the predictor variable has an impact on his or her partner\u2019s level of adjustment) of sense making and benefit finding on parental adjustment. Results demonstrated that parents\u2019 benefit finding related to greater anxiety and parents\u2019 sense making related to not only their own adjustment but also their partner\u2019s adjustment. 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