Can a Short-Term Intervention Promote Growth Among Parents of Children with ASD?
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| Title: | Can a Short-Term Intervention Promote Growth Among Parents of Children with ASD? |
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| Authors: | Baransi, Nagham (AUTHOR), Scharf, Miri (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders. Jul2026, Vol. 56 Issue 7, p2767-2779. 13p. |
| Subjects: | Repeated measures design, Psychology of fathers, Autism, Questionnaires, Statistical sampling, Posttraumatic growth, Randomized controlled trials, Parent attitudes, Mann Whitney U Test, Multivariate analysis, Descriptive statistics, Control groups, Pre-tests & post-tests, Chronic diseases, Arabs, Psychological stress, Psychology of mothers, Analysis of variance, Asperger's syndrome, Parents of children with disabilities, Comparative studies, Factor analysis, Confidence intervals, Psychosocial factors |
| Abstract: | The present study investigated the effects of a short-term synergic growth mindset intervention towards abilities and towards stress on reducing parental stress and promoting stress-related growth (SRG) among Arab parents of children diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). One hundred and seven parents (70 mothers, 37 fathers) of male children with ASD, completed several questionnaires, including a demographic questionnaire; the Childhood Autism Rating Scale, the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form, the revised Stress- Related Growth Scale, The Implicit Self-Theories Scale, and the Stress Mindset Scale. Seventy- two parents were randomly assigned to an "intervention group", and 35 to a comparison group. Members of the intervention group participated in a short synergic growth mindset intervention, created especially for this research. Six months after the intervention, all participants re-completed the same questionnaires. The intervention significantly increased growth mindset and SRG and decreased parental stress. This study demonstrates the effectiveness of a short-term intervention in promoting growth mindsets, reducing parental stress, and fostering SRG among parents of children with a chronic disorder. These findings are particularly important since many parents of children with chronic disorders often exhibit fixed mindset patterns due to their children's slow progress in various developmental domains. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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