You get what you play for: A multiple-baseline experimental design on child-directed play for parents of autistic children
2020 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (professional degree), 20 credits / 30 HE credits
Student thesis
Abstract [en]
Parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) face many challenges which lead to low levels of psychological well-being, partly caused by inability to parent in accordance with one’s values. Child-directed play, a moment of being fully attentive and responsive to one’s child, has the potential to increase parental values. A non-concurrent multiple-baseline experimental design investigated whether daily exercises of child-directed play improved valued parenting and parental perspective-taking. Eight parents of children with diagnosed or suspected ASD were followed daily for six weeks. The intervention comprehended daily practice of child-directed play and video supervision. Child-directed play increased ratings of parental values for all but one participant (Hedges’ g* = 1.67) with effect maintained at follow-up, and increased ratings of parental perspective-taking. A gradual effect indicates the need for greater difference in baseline length between participants. No effects on children, nor on parental well-being were investigated in the present study.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2020. , p. 49
Keywords [en]
Child-directed play, autism, ASD, parent training, parent training programs, relationship enhancement, ACT, acceptance and commitment therapy, values, parental values, perspective taking, psychological flexibility, single-case, multiple-baseline, non-concurrent, single-case experimental design, SCED, effect size, ecological momentary assessment, EMA, mindful parenting, psychology, applied psychology, autism treatment
Keywords [sv]
Barents stund, autism, AST, föräldrastöd, föräldraträningsprogram, relationsbyggande, ACT, värderingar, föräldravärderingar, perspektivtagande, psykologisk flexibilitet, effektstorlek, medveten föräldraskap, psykologi, tillämpad psykologi, autismbehandling
National Category
Applied Psychology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-183208OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-183208DiVA, id: diva2:1447451
Presentation
2020-05-20, Web-based seminar, Stockholm, 08:30 (Swedish)
Supervisors
Examiners
2020-06-292020-06-252020-06-29Bibliographically approved