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Trial reportJournal of autism and developmental disorders2017

Comparative Effects of Mindfulness and Support and Information Group Interventions for Parents of Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Developmental Disabilities.

Yona Lunsky, Richard P Hastings, Jonathan A Weiss, Anna M Palucka, Sue Hutton, Karen White

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Trial report in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Yona LunskyCentre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, 1001 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON, M6J 1H4, Canada. Yona.lunsky@camh.ca.
Richard P HastingsCentre for Educational Development Appraisal and Research, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
Jonathan A WeissDepartment of Psychology, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Anna M PaluckaCentre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, 1001 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON, M6J 1H4, Canada.
Sue HuttonCommunity Living Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Karen WhiteDevelopmental Services Ontario - Toronto Region, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health · CAUniversity of Warwick · GBYork University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study evaluated two community based interventions for parents of adults with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities. Parents in the mindfulness group reported significant reductions in psychological distress, while parents in the support and information group did not. Reduced levels of distress in the mindfulness group were maintained at 20 weeks follow-up. Mindfulness scores and mindful parenting scores and related constructs (e.g., self-compassion) did not differ between the two groups. Results suggest the psychological components of the mindfulness based group intervention were effective over and above the non-specific effects of group processes and informal support.

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ParentsSelf-Help GroupsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAutism Spectrum DisorderDevelopmental DisabilitiesEmpathyFemaleGroup ProcessesHumansMaleMiddle AgedMindfulnessParentingPilot ProjectsAutism spectrum disorderDevelopmental disabilitiesInterventionMindfulnessParents

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PMID28374207
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