Wachspress Batel, Berger Itai, Maeir Adina, Mazor-Karsenty Tal
School of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Br J Occup Ther. 2024 Jun;87(6):351-360. doi: 10.1177/03080226241229298. Epub 2024 Feb 17.
Parents of individuals with autism face various difficulties, among which are decreased resilience and heightened stress. is an intervention for parents of adolescents with autism that aims to promote parental resilience and enhance adolescents' participation in daily life. This study examines feasibility and explores the improvement of parental resilience and child and parent occupational performance following intervention.
A mixed methods pre-post and follow up study. Fourteen parents (six mothers and four couples) of adolescents with autism participated in a series of 13 individual weekly sessions of 90 minutes each. Study results were analyzed before, after, and 3 months post intervention.
All parents completed treatment, with 100% adherence to sessions. Therapist's treatment fidelity was estimated at 95-97% and parent homework completion was 85%. Preliminary efficacy findings show significant improvement in mothers' and adolescents' occupational performance and improvement in maternal resiliency.
Research results support the feasibility of the as a family centered, strength-based, intervention program that leads to improvements in adolescent participation and parental resilience.
自闭症患者的父母面临各种困难，其中包括恢复力下降和压力增大。[具体干预项目名称]是一项针对自闭症青少年父母的干预措施，旨在提高父母的恢复力，并增强青少年对日常生活的参与度。本研究考察了[具体干预项目名称]的可行性，并探讨了干预后父母恢复力以及儿童和父母职业表现的改善情况。
一项混合方法的前后测及随访研究。14名自闭症青少年的父母（6名母亲和4对夫妻）参加了一系列为期13周的个人辅导课程，每周一次，每次90分钟。在干预前、干预后及干预后3个月对研究结果进行分析。
所有父母均完成了治疗，课程依从率为100%。治疗师的治疗保真度估计为95 - 97%，父母家庭作业完成率为85%。初步疗效结果显示，母亲和青少年的职业表现有显著改善，母亲的恢复力也有所提高。
研究结果支持[具体干预项目名称]作为一项以家庭为中心、基于优势的干预项目的可行性，该项目可提高青少年的参与度和父母的恢复力。
