An Intervention Program to Improve Emotion Regulation Among Parents of Children with ASD
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- ASD
- Sponsor
- University of Haifa
- Enrollment
- 200
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Positive and negative affect scale (PANAS)
- Status
- Active, Not Recruiting
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
To examine the effectiveness of a short-term therapeutic workshop in improving reflective functioning, the belief that emotions can change, the reported use of effective emotional regulation strategies, and perceived parental self-efficacy and child behavior.
Detailed Description
The subjects will: Answer questionnaires and clinical interviews about the relationship with their children and their mental functioning before the workshop. The intervention group will participate in a 4-session workshop (once a week) led by an educational psychologist specializing in autism. Answer questionnaires and clinical interviews about emotional regulation and mental functioning among their children, and about the nature of the relationship with their children after the workshop.
Investigators
Yael Enav
Head of Emotiinal Regulation and Mentalization Lab
University of Haifa
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •A parent aged 18 or older of a child aged 2-18 years diagnosed with ASD
Exclusion Criteria
- •A parent under the age of 18
- •A parent of a child without an ASD diagnosis
- •A parent of a child with ASD diagnosis under 2 years of age, or above 18 years of age
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Positive and negative affect scale (PANAS)
Time Frame: Up to 20 weeks
The PANAS consists of 20 items, with 10 items assessing positive affect and 10 items assessing negative affect. Participants rate each item on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (very slightly or not at all) to 5 (extremely), based on how they feel over a specified time frame.
Secondary Outcomes
- Depression Assessment Questionnaire(CES-D)(Up to 20 weeks)
- State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)(Up to 20 weeks)
- Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI)(Up to 20 weeks)
- Interpersonal Trust Evaluation Questionnaire (ITE)(Up to 20 weeks)
- Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)(Up to 20 weeks)
- Mental Health Continuum-Short Form Questionnaire (MHC-SF)(Up to 20 weeks)
- Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS)(Up to 20 weeks)
- Parenting Sense of Competence (PSOC)(Up to 20 weeks)
- Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ-18)(Up to 20 weeks)
- Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ)(Up to 20 weeks)
- Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS)(Up to 20 weeks)
- Parental Burnout Assessment (PBA)(Up to 20 weeks)
- Adaptive Behavior Assessment System, Second Edition (ABAS-II)(Up to 20 weeks)
- Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)(Up to 20 weeks)
- Couples Satisfaction Index (CSI)(Up to 20 weeks)