Am J Intellect Dev Disabil. 2014 Mar;119(2):171-85. doi: 10.1352/1944-7558-119.2.171.
Few research studies have explored how the level of a child's behavior problems leads to psychological distress in parents of children with autism. The authors explored whether psychological acceptance and mindfulness mediated this relationship between child behavior and parental distress. Seventy-one mothers and 39 fathers of children with autism participated, by reporting on their own positive and negative psychological well-being and their child's behavior problems. Psychological acceptance was found to act as a mediator variable for maternal anxiety, depression, and stress, and for paternal depression. General mindfulness and mindful parenting had significant mediation effects for maternal anxiety, depression, and stress. These results contribute to evidence that mindfulness and acceptance may be important parental psychological processes, with implications for parent support.
鲜有研究探讨儿童行为问题的严重程度如何导致自闭症儿童父母的心理困扰。作者探讨了心理接受和正念是否在儿童行为和父母困扰之间的关系中起中介作用。71 名自闭症儿童的母亲和 39 名父亲参与了研究，他们报告了自己的积极和消极心理健康状况以及孩子的行为问题。心理接受被发现是母亲焦虑、抑郁和压力以及父亲抑郁的中介变量。一般正念和正念养育对母亲的焦虑、抑郁和压力有显著的中介作用。这些结果为正念和接受可能是重要的父母心理过程提供了证据，这对父母支持具有重要意义。
