Abstract: The focus of this study was to evaluate factors that contribute to marital satisfaction of parents raising children with autism. Specific factors included stress, income, hours worked, and hours spent providing direct care. It was hypothesized that maternal marital satisfaction would be most affected by child domain stress, and paternal marital satisfaction would be most affected by parent domain stress. Additionally, moderator variables for the relationship of stress on marital satisfaction were also examined. Previous research provided evidence that fathers of children with autism tend to be unaffected by their child's symptoms and behaviors and more affected by their spouse's disposition and/or level of stress. Conversely, research has indicated that mothers of children with autism tend to be greatly affected by their child's symptoms and behaviors. Furthennore, various studies have suggested that coping strategies have a moderating effect on stress, and that socioeconomic status may provide a defense for the effects of stress. Participants included 64 parents of children (ages 3 to 12) diagnosed with autism, including 42 mothers and 22 fathers; of these 64 participants there were 13 intact couples. Participants' level of stress was measured via the Parenting Stress Index, Third Edition. Participants' marital satisfaction was assessed via the Marital Satisfaction Inventory, Revised, and coping strategies were examined via the Ways of Coping Strategies, Revised. Participants' income, hours worked, hours spent providing direct care, and numerous additional variables were assessed via a demographic questionnaire, created by the researcher. Participants were given a research packet that included each measure and were asked to complete the packet and return it to the researcher within one week. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses concluded both Child and Parent Domain Stress were significant predictors of marital satisfaction for fathers, and that Child Domain Stress carried a greater beta weight than Parent Domain Stress in their respective analyses. Mothers demonstrated similar results; however, Child Domain Stress was not a significant predictor unless the covariate (Marital Satisfaction Inventory Conventionalism Scale) was eliminated from the recession, while Parent Domain Stress was a significant predictor of marital satisfaction for mothers despite the existence of the covariate. All of the moderator variables were determined to be insignificant moderators of stress on marital satisfaction for this population. This study did find that social desirability had a particular impact on the mothers' data and results of other investigations may have not appreciated how strong this variable could be in determining these outcomes. Theoretical and clinical implications of all results were discussed.