In-Person Mindfulness-based Intervention for Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Caregivers
NCT Number: NCT06577623
Status: RECRUITING
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Phases: NA
Conditions: Autism Spectrum Disorder|Autism
Sponsor: Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center
Sex: ALL
Age: CHILD, ADULT
Enrollment: 28
Study Design: Allocation: NA|Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP|Masking: NONE|Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
Start Date: 2024-08-14
Completion Date: 2026-12

Summary:
Adolescents with ASD often have co-occurring mental health symptoms like stress, anxiety, and depression. The investigators are conducting this research study to develop interventions for adolescents with ASD that will improve co-occurring mental health symptoms.

Primary Outcome Measures: Mean Change from Baseline in Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) Scores, Parent-report measure of adolescent depressive symptoms. Scores range from 30 to 90 with higher scores indicating higher levels of depression symptoms., Post-intervention (8 weeks); 2-month follow-up|Mean Change from Baseline in Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC) Scores, Parent-report measure of adolescent anxiety symptoms. Scores range from 30 to 90 with higher scores indicating higher levels of anxiety symptoms., Post-intervention (8 weeks); 2-month follow-up|Mean Change from Baseline in Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM) Scores, Adolescent-report measure of mindfulness. Scores range from 0 to 40 with higher scores indicating higher levels of mindfulness., Post-intervention (8 weeks); 2-month follow-up
Secondary Outcome Measures: Mean Change from Baseline in Beck Youth Inventories (BYI) Scores, Adolescent-report measure of depression. Scores range from 0 to 90, with higher scores indicating higher levels of depression., Post-intervention (8 weeks); 2-month follow-up|Mean Change from Baseline in World Health Organization-Five Wellbeing Index (WHO-5) Scores, Adolescent-report measure on current well-being. Scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better quality of life., Post-intervention (8 weeks); 2-month follow-up|Mean Change from Baseline in Adaptive Behavior Assessment System (ABAS-3) Scores, Parent-report measure of adolescent adaptive skills across the lifespan. Scores range from 40 to 120, with higher scores indicating better adaptive skills., Post-intervention (8 weeks); 2-month follow-up|Mean Change from Baseline in Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) Scores, Parent-report measure of adolescent executive function and self-regulation. Scores range from 30 to 90, with higher scores indicating higher levels of executive dysfunction., Post-intervention (8 weeks); 2-month follow-up|Mean Change from Baseline in Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) Scores, Adolescent-report measure of mindfulness on observation, description, aware actions, non-judgmental inner experience, and non-reactivity. Factor scores range from 1 to 5, with higher scores indicating higher levels of mindfulness., Post-intervention (8 weeks); 2-month follow-up|Mean Change from Baseline in Stress Index for Parents of Adolescents (SIPA) Scores, Parent-report measure of the relationship of parenting stress to adolescent characteristics, parent characteristics, the quality of the adolescent-parent interactions, and stressful life circumstances. Percentile scores range from 0 to 99, with higher scores indicating higher levels of parenting stress., Post-intervention (8 weeks); 2-month follow-up|Mean Change from Baseline in Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS-2) Scores, Parent-report measure of adolescent presence and severity of social impairment within autism spectrum. T-scores range from 30 to \&gt; 90 with higher scores indicating greater social impairment., Post-intervention (8 weeks); 2-month follow-up