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Li Si Ni; Chien Wai Tong; Lam Kam Ki Stanley – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
This study aimed to investigate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of an acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)-based parenting program for parents of autistic children. A pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted, with 40 parents randomly assigned to either the eight-session ACT-based parenting program or usual…
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Program Effectiveness, Parent Education, Children
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Emma J. Heeman; Tommie Forslund; Matilda A. Frick; Andreas Frick; Lilja K. Jónsdóttir; Karin C. Brocki – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2024
Emotion regulation (ER) is a source of risk and resilience for psychological development and everyday functioning. Despite extensive research on various early contextual predictors of child ER capacity, few studies have integrated them into the same study. Therefore, our longitudinal study investigated the joint and independent contributions of…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Self Control, Toddlers, Influences
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Tikotzky, Liat; Volkovich, Ella; Meiri, Gal – Developmental Psychology, 2021
This longitudinal study examined whether changes in maternal emotional distress (depressive, anxiety, and parenting-stress symptoms) predict changes over time in subjective and objective infant sleep. We recruited 226 Israeli expectant mothers (M age 28.8 ± 3.3), most representing the middle-upper socioeconomic class. Maternal depressive and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mothers, Emotional Response, Depression (Psychology)
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Riva Crugnola, Cristina; Tagini, Angela; Ierardi, Elena – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2022
The study evaluated the relationship between maternal anxiety, depression and parenting stress, and maternal mind-mindedness, styles of interaction, and mother-infant emotion regulation. At infant age 3 months, EPDS, STAI, and PSI-SF were administered to 73 mothers to respectively assess depression, anxiety, and parenting stress; mother-infant…
Descriptors: Mothers, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology), Stress Variables
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Chan, Rachel Fung-Ying; Qiu, Chen; Shum, Kathy Kar-man – Developmental Psychology, 2021
"Tuning in to Kids" (TIK) is a parenting program that focuses on emotion coaching and is evidenced to be effective in Western populations. This study used a randomized controlled trial to examine the intervention effects of TIK on Chinese parents of low to middle socioeconomic status in Hong Kong. One hundred four parents (99 mothers and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Rearing, Parenting Styles, Emotional Response
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Iswinarti; Jadmiko, Gerdaning Tyas; Hasanati, Nida – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2020
A child's condition not being in line with the parent's expectations can cause mothers to experience pressures that can lead to them not parenting effectively. The condition of children with special needs in particular can cause some anxiety and pressure that may induce parenting stress. This research aims to understand the correlation between…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Emotional Response, Anxiety, Correlation
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Lee, Sau-Lai; Peng, Maria Sau-Chi – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2017
In this study we explored the effects of group art therapy on the emotional well-being and parental empathy of mothers of children with special educational needs. Eleven mothers of children who were diagnosed with at least 1 kind of special educational need participated in a 16-week program. We hypothesized that the art therapy group would help…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Counseling Techniques, Mothers, Special Education
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Lauth, Gerhard W.; Otte, T. Alian; Heubeck, Bernd G. – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2009
Modern evaluations of parent training programmes seek evidence not only of efficacy in optimal, often university clinic settings, but also of effectiveness under normal field conditions. The Kompetenztraining fur Eltern sozial auffalliger Kinder (KES) is a cognitive-behavioural competence training for parents of socially disruptive children. This…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Investigations, Parent Role, Competence