Rayan Ahmad, Ahmad Muayyad
Ahmad Rayan, PhD, is Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing, Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Zarqa University, Zarqa, Jordan.
Muayyad Ahmad, PhD, is Professor, Faculty of Nursing, Clinical Nursing Department, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2018 Jan;54(1):11-18. doi: 10.1111/ppc.12187. Epub 2016 Sep 20.
This study examines the role of mindfulness in predicting psychological distress in Arab parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
In this descriptive study, parents of 104 children with ASD completed measures of psychological distress and mindfulness. The severity of autism in children was measured using the DSM-V criteria.
After controlling for parental age and gender and the severity level of ASD, mindfulness was significantly associated with the levels of anxiety, stress, and depression in parents (anxiety: β = 0.49, p < .001; stress: β = 0.55, p < .001; depression: β = 0.53, p < .001).
Mindfulness-based intervention may help to reduce psychological distress in Arab parents of children with ASD.
本研究探讨正念在预测自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）儿童的阿拉伯裔父母心理困扰方面的作用。
在这项描述性研究中，104名ASD儿童的父母完成了心理困扰和正念测量。使用《精神疾病诊断与统计手册》第五版（DSM-V）标准测量儿童自闭症的严重程度。
在控制了父母的年龄、性别和ASD严重程度后，正念与父母的焦虑、压力和抑郁水平显著相关（焦虑：β = 0.49，p < .001；压力：β = 0.55，p < .001；抑郁：β = 0.53，p < .001）。
基于正念的干预可能有助于减轻ASD儿童的阿拉伯裔父母的心理困扰。
