Status:
COMPLETED
Mindfulness for Parents of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder Autism Spectrum Disorder
Lead Sponsor:
Loma Linda University
Collaborating Sponsors:
California State University, Fullerton
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Conditions:
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Eligibility:
All Genders
3-5 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The current study examines the efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) to reduce parenting stress, lessen parental reactivity and negativity, and decrease child externalizing behaviors a...
Detailed Description
Families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) experience heightened risk due to elevated rates of clinically-significant parenting stress and child externalizing behavior problems. Parentin...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Child community diagnosis of ASD confirmed by study administered assessments
- Age 3 to 5 years
- Elevated parenting stress as indexed by a total score above the recommended cutoff at the 85th percentile on the Parenting Stress Index-4 (Abidin, 1995)
- Abbreviated Battery IQ (ABIQ) score above 35 on the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales 5th Edition ABIQ to ensure task validity (SB5 ABIQ; Roid, 2003)
Exclusion
- Positive screen for active parental psychosis, substance abuse, or suicidality according to the associated modules of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM Disorders, SCID, Research Version Non-Patient Edition (First, Spitzer, Gibbon, \& Williams, 2002)
- Parent participation in an auxiliary mental health treatment or support group
- \< 3 years or \> 5 years of age
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 21 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 28 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
118 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03459625
Start Date
July 21 2018
End Date
June 28 2022
Last Update
November 13 2023
Active Locations (1)
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Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, California, United States, 92350