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ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Emotional Rational Education Training Associated with Mindfulness for Managing Anxiety within Adolescents Affected by High-Functioning Autism: A Descriptive Study.

Alessandro Frolli, Maria Carla Ricci, Francesca Di Carmine, Agnese Orefice, Emilio Saviano, Marco Carotenuto

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Article in Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Alessandro FrolliDisability Research Centre, University of International Studies in Rome, 00147 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2784-2887
Maria Carla RicciDisability Research Centre, University of International Studies in Rome, 00147 Rome, Italy.
Francesca Di CarmineDisability Research Centre, University of International Studies in Rome, 00147 Rome, Italy.
Agnese OreficeFINDS-Italian Neuroscience and Developmental Disorders Foundation, 81040 Caserta, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7984-362X
Emilio SavianoFINDS-Italian Neuroscience and Developmental Disorders Foundation, 81040 Caserta, Italy.
Marco CarotenutoClinic of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, Department of Mental Health, Physical and Preventive Medicine, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80100 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8136-7597
Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma · ITUniversity of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · IT

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Abstract

backgroundAutism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a chronic and persistent pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) whose characteristic deficit is represented by social difficulties, semantic-pragmatic alterations and a limited, unusual and repetitive pattern of interests and behaviors. Specifically, individuals with high-functioning autism (HFA) frequently exhibit associated internalizing symptoms that are not part of the diagnostic criteria but which, nonetheless, tend to impair daily functioning. In this study, we investigated how some forms of treatment could be useful in subjects with HFA who display internalizing symptoms. Theoretical background relates to standard cognitive therapy (SCT) and rational education training with mindfulness (M-ERE).

methodsIn this study, we investigated how some forms of treatment could be useful in subjects with HFA and internalizing symptoms, focusing on standard cognitive therapy (SCT) and mindfulness associated with emotional rational education training (M-ERE). We selected two groups of HFA patients with significant internalizing symptoms and performed two different forms of treatment for six months: SCT and M-ERE. The aim of the study was to verify the effectiveness of an M-ERE protocol with respect to anxious and depressive symptoms in subjects with HFA. Furthermore, we wanted to compare the results obtained with this combined treatment with those obtained in HFA subjects treated with SCT.

resultsOur analyses showed an improvement in the internalizing symptoms (especially those related to the anxiety dimension) of the group that followed a treatment based on mindfulness and rational emotional education for 6 months compared to the group that had instead performed a 6-month treatment based on the SCT.

conclusionsOur hypotheses were supported by the results, which highlighted the efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions in the treatment of internalizing symptoms in adolescents with HFA, and specifically showed that an M-ERE intervention appears more effective in managing anxiety compared to treatment with SCT and appears to be equally effective in the management of depressive symptoms. Not only was the M-ERE treatment effective for the management of anxious and depressive symptoms in subjects with HFA, but the efficacy for the management of anxious symptoms was greater than the SCT treatment.

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autism spectrum disordereducation traininginternalizing disordersmindfulness and rational emotional educationpsychotherapysocial skills

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