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

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Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, California, United States, 92350