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The efficacy of mindfulness-based therapy for anxiety, social skills, and aggressive behaviors in children and young people with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A systematic review
Frontiers in psychiatry, Vol.14, 1079471
2023
PMID: 36993931
Abstract
The purpose of this systematic review was to examine the efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions for improving anxiety, social skills, and aggressive behaviors in children and young people (CYP) with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD); summarize the results across clinic, home, and school contexts; and evaluate the quality of these interventions for clinical practice.
A search of the PsycINFO, Medline (Ovid), Web of Science, and Scopus databases was conducted in June 2021, and no date restrictions were applied. Inclusion criteria were quantitative or qualitative research implementing a mindfulness-based intervention for CYP aged 6-25 years with a diagnosis of ASD, Pervasive Development Disorder, or Asperger's Syndrome.
We identified 23 articles for inclusion including within subject pre- and post-testing, multiple baselines, and randomized control trials, among other research designs. Of these, a quality analysis conducted using an ASD research-specific risk of bias tool found over half (14) were of weak methodological quality, whereas only four and five were found to be of strong and adequate quality, respectively.
While the results of this systematic review suggest promising evidence for the use of mindfulness-based interventions to improve anxiety, social skills, and aggressive behaviors in CYP with ASD, results should be interpreted with caution due to the limitations resulting from the overall weak quality of the studies.The review protocol was pre-registered on PROSPERO (CRD42021259125) and can be viewed at https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=259125.
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- Title
- The efficacy of mindfulness-based therapy for anxiety, social skills, and aggressive behaviors in children and young people with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A systematic review
- Authors/Creators
- Tundi Loftus - Murdoch UniversityDanielle C Mathersul - Murdoch University, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative TherapeuticsMichelle Ooi - School of Psychology, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, AustraliaShu H Yau - University of Bristol
- Publication Details
- Frontiers in psychiatry, Vol.14, 1079471
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media S.A.
- Identifiers
- 991005568769307891
- Copyright
- © 2023 Loftus et al.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics; Centre for Healthy Ageing
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- 1.136 Autism & Development Disorders
- 1.136.283 Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Web Of Science research areas
- Psychiatry
- ESI research areas
- Psychiatry/Psychology