An Intervention Program to Improve Emotion Regulation Among Parents of Children with ASD

University of Haifa

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: ASD

Treatments: Behavioral: Parental Reflective Functioning Workshop

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06598605

491/22

Details and patient eligibility

About

To examine the effectiveness of a short-term therapeutic workshop in improving reflective functioning, the belief that emotions can change, the reported use of effective emotional regulation strategies, and perceived parental self-efficacy and child behavior.

Full description

The subjects will:

Answer questionnaires and clinical interviews about the relationship with their children and their mental functioning before the workshop.

The intervention group will participate in a 4-session workshop (once a week) led by an educational psychologist specializing in autism.

Answer questionnaires and clinical interviews about emotional regulation and mental functioning among their children, and about the nature of the relationship with their children after the workshop.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

A parent aged 18 or older of a child aged 2-18 years diagnosed with ASD

Exclusion criteria

• A parent under the age of 18
• A parent of a child without an ASD diagnosis
• A parent of a child with ASD diagnosis under 2 years of age, or above 18 years of age

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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200 participants in 2 patient groups

Parental Reflective Functioning intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will attend four online psycho-educational workshop sessions via Zoom, where they will learn strategies for emotion regulation and mentalization to improve their relationship with their children on the autism spectrum.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Parental Reflective Functioning Workshop

Waitless control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Group will undergo same measurements points with no intervention.