ACT WS for the parents with PDD children Shinji Tani Etuko Kawai & Kotomi Kitamura 12/07/2011ACBs IX Parma, Shinji Tani 1
Background Not focuse on parent’s mental health Many program focused on skill training Dropped out and Burned out from the skill training 12/07/2011ACBs IX Parma, Shinji Tani 2
Background (continued) Restrict one’s behaviors Avoid enjoying own life, social relationships Work with children more and more Sense of guilty, responsibility 12/07/2011ACBs IX Parma, Shinji Tani 3
Work shop Psycho-educational Peer-supportive Experiential 12/07/2011ACBs IX Parma, Shinji Tani 4
Purpose to show the effectiveness of the ACT workshop for parents having PDD children 12/07/2011ACBs IX Parma, Shinji Tani 5
Procedures Recruit 27 parents (including two father) Not be under psychiatric treatment Group Divided into three groups WS 4.5 hour ×2 (weekly) 12/07/2011ACBs IX Parma, Shinji Tani 6
WS contents Features of language How do you work with your mind? Try to keep the distance from mind What do you stand for your life? 12/07/2011ACBs IX Parma, Shinji Tani 7
Metaphor & Exercises Please see a handout. 12/07/2011ACBs IX Parma, Shinji Tani 8
Variables outcome BDI-IIGHQ-28 process JIBT-RLOCAAQ-II 12/07/2011ACBs IX Parma, Shinji Tani 9
design Pre1 (three weeks before) Pre2 (a week before) Post (a week after) Follow-up (three months after) WSWS 12/07/2011ACBs IX Parma, Shinji Tani 10
Results pre1-pre2pre1-post1pre1- FU AAQ-Ⅱ LOC JIBT-R self-expectation dependency avoidance external-helplessness internal-helplessness BDI-Ⅱ ** GHQ-28 ** 12/07/2011ACBs IX Parma, Shinji Tani 11
Results BDI-II ** 12/07/2011ACBs IX Parma, Shinji Tani 12
Results GHQ-28 12/07/2011ACBs IX Parma, Shinji Tani 13
Results effects size Calculated by Effect size.10 Small.30 Medium.50 Large 12/07/2011ACBs IX Parma, Shinji Tani 14
Conclusions The WS was effectiveThe contents of thought were not to have changed Uncertain whether the WS contribute to promote acceptance and value-based life 12/07/2011ACBs IX Parma, Shinji Tani 15
Thank you. 12/07/2011ACBs IX Parma, Shinji Tani 16