Emotional Rational Education Training Associated with Mindfulness for Managing Anxiety within Adolescents Affected by High-Functioning Autism: A Descriptive Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Instruments
2.3. Procedures
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
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- No significant effect of SCARED at T0 was found (p > 0.05) on the three post-test scores;
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- CDI did not have effect on SCARED and YSR at T1 (p > 0.05), but reached significance on CDI at T1, F (1,49) = 4.09, p = 0.049;
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- YSR did have a significant impact on SCARED at T1, F (1,49) = 4.83, p < 0.05, but not on the others (p > 0.05).
4. Discussion
5. Limits and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Group 1 | |||||
ADOS 2 | WISC IV | AGE | |||
Means | SD | Means | SD | Means | SD |
12 | 0.53 | 109.5 | 0.40 | 13.50 | 0.70 |
Group 2 | |||||
ADOS 2 | WISC IV | AGE | |||
Means | SD | Means | SD | Means | SD |
12.3 | 0.45 | 108.9 | 0.43 | 13.30 | 0.55 |
T0 | T1 | |||||||
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Scale | Group | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t | df | p |
SCARED | TCS | 30.44 | 2.665 | 20.93 | 0.997 | 17.130 | 26 | <0.05 * |
MIND | 30.96 | 2.564 | 14.00 | 1.271 | 28.716 | 26 | <0.05 * | |
CDI | TCS | 19.19 | 1.145 | 14.11 | 0.751 | 19.606 | 26 | <0.05 * |
MIND | 18.70 | 1.171 | 14.11 | 0.751 | 21.852 | 26 | <0.05 * | |
YSR | TCS | 10.70 | 1.203 | 7.00 | 1.109 | 12.302 | 26 | <0.05 * |
MIND | 10.78 | 1.086 | 4.93 | 1.141 | 18.885 | 26 | <0.05 * |
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Frolli, A.; Ricci, M.C.; Di Carmine, F.; Orefice, A.; Saviano, E.; Carotenuto, M. Emotional Rational Education Training Associated with Mindfulness for Managing Anxiety within Adolescents Affected by High-Functioning Autism: A Descriptive Study. Behav. Sci. 2021, 11, 156. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs11110156
Frolli A, Ricci MC, Di Carmine F, Orefice A, Saviano E, Carotenuto M. Emotional Rational Education Training Associated with Mindfulness for Managing Anxiety within Adolescents Affected by High-Functioning Autism: A Descriptive Study. Behavioral Sciences. 2021; 11(11):156. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs11110156
Chicago/Turabian StyleFrolli, Alessandro, Maria Carla Ricci, Francesca Di Carmine, Agnese Orefice, Emilio Saviano, and Marco Carotenuto. 2021. "Emotional Rational Education Training Associated with Mindfulness for Managing Anxiety within Adolescents Affected by High-Functioning Autism: A Descriptive Study" Behavioral Sciences 11, no. 11: 156. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs11110156