Feasibility of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy via Telehealth with Parents of Children with Autism: A Pilot Study.

We used a within-subject group design to examine the effects of a six-week Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) training program delivered asynchronously for parents of children with autism. Each weekly session included specific topics and exercises on: (a) values identification; (b) present mome...

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Publicado en:Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 34; no. 5; pp. 1292 - 1307
Autores principales: Tilson, Chana, Khawar, Sadaf, Griffith, Annette K.
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Publicado: Springer Nature May2025
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          Tilson, Chana
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          https://ror.org/00rxpqe74 Helping Hands ABA, P.C, New York, NY, USA
          https://ror.org/017zqws13 University of Minnesota Medical School, Dept. of Pediatrics, Minneapolis, MN, USA
          https://ror.org/02vrd8j29 The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, IL, USA
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          Psychological stress
          Parents of children with disabilities
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          Mental depression
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      ab: We used a within-subject group design to examine the effects of a six-week Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) training program delivered asynchronously for parents of children with autism. Each weekly session included specific topics and exercises on: (a) values identification; (b) present moment awareness; (c) defusion; (d) the Matrix (moving toward/away); (e) committed action; and (f) self-care. Pretest and posttest measures were completed by the participants which assessed depression, emotion dysregulation, parental stress, psychological flexibility and child internalizing and externalizing behaviors. Results indicated that depression, parental stress, and psychological flexibility improved for the participants post-intervention, but that there were no statistically significant decreases noted for emotion regulation or child behavior. Based on feedback from the social validity questionnaire, majority of the parents endorsed usefulness of the intervention modality and indicated interest in continued use of the ACT strategies.
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