Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for Parents and Caregivers of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities: A Community-Based Approach

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

“…In other studies, parents have shown improvement in measures of mindfulness (Bazzano et al 2015;Benn et al 2012;Ferraioli and Harris 2013), although the two studies which measured mindful parenting did not report improvement (Jones et al 2016;Lunsky et al 2015). We suggest three reasons why we did not see group differences in reports of mindfulness and related constructs.…”

“…Singh et al (2006Singh et al ( , 2007, using a single case experimental design methodology, showed that mindfulness meditation increased parents' feelings of competence and satisfaction, and decreased aggressive behaviours in their children. Subsequent research has confirmed these early findings (Cachia et al 2016) with several studies demonstrating that decreases in parental stress and depression could be maintained several months later (e.g., Bazzano et al 2015;Ferraioli and Harris 2013). In addition to studying clinical outcomes of parents and sometimes children, several studies have also measured the effects of mindfulness training on mindfulness based measures such as mindfulness, self-compassion, and mindful parenting, with mixed results (e.g., Bazzano et al 2015;Ferraioli and Harris 2013;Jones et al 2016;Lunsky et al 2015).…”

The Role of Difficult Childhood Behaviors on Intimate Partner Violence

“…There is a positive correlation between difficult childhood behavior and caregiver frustration and dissatisfaction [28,32]. Developmental disability in a child can also have a significant impact on caregiver stress [33,34], often resulting in severe complications in the caregivers' primary relationship [35,36]. In summary, maladaptive characteristics in children are a major factor in caregiver stress [37].…”

Training Parents of Children with Intellectual Disabilities: Trends, Issues, and Future Directions

“…Future research should evaluate the additive nature of interventions targeting potentially malleable variables (e.g., social support network, socioeconomic status) for families of children with significant intellectual disability. In addition, researchers should further evaluate combined intervention programs that use (a) evidence-based interventions to decrease parent stress and depression and improve mental health such as mindfulness based or cognitive behavioral strategies for stress reduction [101,102] alongside (b) applied behavior analytic interventions to improve child adaptive behavior skills and decrease challenging behavior. Psychological acceptance and mindfulness have been shown to mediate the impact of challenging behavior on parent distress for parents of children with ASD [103].…”