NCT06598605

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

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 200 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Haifa · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• ASD

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Parental Reflective Functioning Workshop	Four online workshop sessions via Zoom will be based on psycho-educational knowledge concerning emotional regulation and specialized in autism. The group size will be up to 15 participants, with each session lasting an hour and a half, after which participants will be asked to complete a reflective journal.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-12-14
• Primary completion: 2024-11-01
• Completion: 2024-11-01
• First posted: 2024-09-19
• Last updated: 2024-09-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel