학술논문
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Group Intervention for Parents of Children with Disabilities (Navigator ACT): An Open Feasibility Trial.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*TREATMENT of psychological stress
*ANXIETY treatment
*PILOT projects
*WELL-being
*ANALYSIS of variance
*PARENTS of children with disabilities
*INTERVIEWING
*TREATMENT effectiveness
*AVOIDANCE (Psychology)
*PRE-tests & post-tests
*CRONBACH'S alpha
*PSYCHOLOGICAL tests
*ACCEPTANCE & commitment therapy
*PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
*AUTISM
*MENTAL depression
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*REPEATED measures design
*SCALE analysis (Psychology)
*CHI-squared test
*RESEARCH funding
*NEEDS assessment
*GROUP psychotherapy
*LONGITUDINAL method
*OUTPATIENT services in hospitals
*PSYCHOLOGICAL distress
RESEARCH evaluation
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ISSN
0162-3257
Abstract
Parents of children with autism spectrum disorder and other disabilities report high levels of distress, but systematically evaluated interventions are few. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of a novel, manualized Acceptance and Commitment Therapy group intervention (Navigator ACT) in a sample of 94 parents of children with disabilities. Feasibility was measured by treatment completion, credibility, and satisfaction, and preliminary outcomes by using self-rating scales administered at the baseline, post-intervention, and follow-up. The results imply the intervention is feasible in the context of Swedish outpatient habilitation services. A preliminary analysis of the outcome measures suggests that parents experienced significant improvements in well-being. The results indicate that the treatment is feasible and should be evaluated in a randomized controlled trial. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]