Taking ACTion: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Parents of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 16
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change in Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II Score
研究概览
简要总结
The investigators will develop and pilot test an intervention called "ACT for Parents" which aims to decrease stress and improve quality of life in parents of children < 15 years who have a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. A small randomized trial testing phase will be conducted to gather initial data on the treatment feasibility and acceptability, detect treatment effects between groups (ACT for Parents versus Treatment as Usual), and to refine the treatment design for a future clinical trial.
详细描述
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an intervention that fosters acceptance of uncomfortable thoughts and emotions as a coping strategy, and encourages engagement in valued behavior in the presence of these emotions. ACT has been successfully applied to parents with similar mental health presentations. Using a randomized controlled study design, investigators seek to gather initial data on the treatment feasibility and acceptability, detect treatment effects in a cohort of parents who have a child (under the age of 15) with autism spectrum disorder.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 65 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •A parent with a child (under the age of 15) with a diagnosis of Pervasive Developmental Disorder-NOS, Asperger's Disorder or Autistic Disorder
- •Child with ASD diagnosed by a mental health or medical professional
- •Must be comfortable speaking and reading and understanding English
排除标准
- •Inability to attend sessions in person on the specified date/time/location of the intervention sessions
- •unwillingness to be audio-taped should randomization into the experimental (ACT) group occur.
研究组 & 干预措施
ACT Parent Group
Participants will complete a total of five Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - Parent Group Sessions First four are held weekly, last session held one month from 4th session.
干预措施: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (Behavioral)
Treatment as Usual
Treatment as usual-Control
结局指标
主要结局
Change in Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II Score
时间窗: From Basline to Month 2 (post-intervention) and from Month 2 to Month 3 (maintenance)
The Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ-II, Bond et al., 2011) is a 10-item Likert scale that measures experiential acceptance (i.e., tendency to accept, rather than avoid, uncomfortable internal experiences) in adult samples.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Lisa A. Nowinski, PhD
Director, Neuropsychology Training
Massachusetts General Hospital