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CBCT for Parents of Children With Autism

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Emory University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Stress

Treatments

Behavioral: Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Cultivating Equanimity
Behavioral: Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Developing Appreciation and Gratitude for Others
Behavioral: Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Developing Affection and Empathy
Behavioral: Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Developing Attention and Stability of Mind
Behavioral: Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Realizing Wishing and Aspiring Compassion
Behavioral: Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Cultivating Insight into the Nature of Mental Experience
Behavioral: Meditation Session
Behavioral: Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Realizing Active Compassion
Behavioral: Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Self-compassion

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02574559
IRB00074454

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine if caregivers of children with a developmental delay experience a decrease in stress by participating in a meditation/cognitive training protocol.

Full description

A pilot-test, eight week, Cognitive Based Compassion Training (CBCT) program for caregivers of children with developmental delays that is comprised of eight two-hour weekly long sessions with a certified instructor followed by a twenty minute long meditation session. Sessions will focus on developing attention and stability of mind through focused attention training; cultivating insight into the nature of mental experience; cultivating self-compassion; developing equanimity; developing appreciation and gratitude; developing affection and empathy; realizing aspirational compassion; and realizing active compassion.

Enrollment

29 patients

Sex

All

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Caregiver of child(ren) with developmental delay (including parents, grandparents, other extended family, family friends, and providers)
  • Spend significant amount of time (more than 10 hours/week) with children with special needs.

Exclusion criteria

  • Started to use any psychotropic medication within one year.
  • Had any changes in any psychotropic medication doses taken within one year.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Allocation

N/A

Interventional model

Single Group Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

29 participants in 1 patient group

Caregiver of Child With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Experimental group
Description:
Caregivers attending eight weekly sessions of Cognitive Based Compassion Training Sessions and Meditation.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Meditation Session
Behavioral: Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Realizing Wishing and Aspiring Compassion
Behavioral: Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Self-compassion
Behavioral: Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Developing Appreciation and Gratitude for Others
Behavioral: Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Developing Affection and Empathy
Behavioral: Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Cultivating Insight into the Nature of Mental Experience
Behavioral: Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Cultivating Equanimity
Behavioral: Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Realizing Active Compassion
Behavioral: Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Developing Attention and Stability of Mind

Trial contacts and locations

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