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The Experience of Mindfulness for Children with Autism: An Examination of Self-Report and Electrodermal Response

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dc.contributor.advisorWeiss, Jonathan
dc.creatorBlack, Karen Rebecca
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-21T13:56:33Z
dc.date.available2018-11-21T13:56:33Z
dc.date.copyright2018-08-20
dc.date.issued2018-11-21
dc.date.updated2018-11-21T13:56:32Z
dc.degree.disciplinePsychology (Functional Area: Clinical-Developmental)
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractLittle is known about how children with autism respond to mindfulness activities within cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). As many children with autism also struggle to report their emotional experience, this study explored how enjoyment ratings of therapeutic activities within a CBT intervention were associated with physiological arousal, and whether patterns of arousal differed for mindful as compared to computer activities. Data was collected during a 10-week CBT-based emotion regulation intervention for children with autism (N = 35). Multilevel growth modeling revealed that greater mindfulness enjoyment was predicted by higher autism symptoms, greater child motivation to participate in therapy and greater child worry dysregulation. Greater computer enjoyment was predicted by greater child motivation to participate in therapy. Lower mindfulness arousal was predicted by higher child-reported ability to cope with worry. Findings lay groundwork towards a psychological profile of school-age children with autism who may derive particular enjoyment from mindfulness activities.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/35584
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectClinical psychology
dc.subject.keywordsAutism
dc.subject.keywordsEDA
dc.subject.keywordsElectrodermal activity
dc.subject.keywordsSkin conductance
dc.subject.keywordsMindfulness
dc.subject.keywordsCBT
dc.subject.keywordsCognitive behavioural therapy
dc.subject.keywordsChild
dc.subject.keywordsYouth
dc.titleThe Experience of Mindfulness for Children with Autism: An Examination of Self-Report and Electrodermal Response
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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