Emotion regulation training in children with autism.

Effectivity of an emotion regulation training for children with autism: A randomized controled trial.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON22657

Enrollment

Registered

2011-01-21

Start date

2007-12-10

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

autism, emotion regulation problems, mcdd, pddnos

Interventions

Treatment group: The emotion regulation training (Baas over Boos training

BoB-training) is an individual manualized treatment program of 10 weekly sessions of approximately 1 hour each. The therapy includes recognizing emotions, applying the anger thermometer, time out proc

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. A clinical diagnosis within the Autism Spectrum according to the DSM-IV criteria; 2. Age between 8-14; 3. Problems with anger regulation; 4. Temper tantrums; 5. Informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Intellectual impairment (IQ<85).

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Self report: 1. Behavioral Anger Response Quistionnaire for children (BARQ-C); 2. Spence Children Anxiety Scale (SCAS). Parent report: 1. Behavioral Anger Respons Questionnaire (BARQ); 2. Spence Children Anxiety Scale (SCAS); 3. Child Behavorior Checklist (CBCL). Parent monitoring: 1. Frequency, duration and intensity of temper tantrums, arguing, physical violence, destroying property. Teacher report: 1. Teacher Report Form (TRF). Teacher monitoring: 1. Frequency, duration and intensity of temper tantrums, arguing, physical violence, destroying property.	—

Measure

Time frame

Self report: 1. Behavioral Anger Response Quistionnaire for children (BARQ-C); 2. Spence Children Anxiety Scale (SCAS). Parent report: 1. Behavioral Anger Respons Questionnaire (BARQ); 2. Spence Children Anxiety Scale (SCAS); 3. Child Behavorior Checklist (CBCL). Parent monitoring: 1. Frequency, duration and intensity of temper tantrums, arguing, physical violence, destroying property. Teacher report: 1. Teacher Report Form (TRF). Teacher monitoring: 1. Frequency, duration and intensity of temper tantrums, arguing, physical violence, destroying property.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS); 2. Nijmeegse Ouderlijke Stress-index (NOSI-K); 3. Pediatric Quality of Live Inventory; 2. Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-III (PPVT-III-NL).	—

Contacts

Public ContactS. Begeer

Van der Boechorstraat 1

S.Begeer@psy.vu.nl+31 (0)20 5988732

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)