Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome Can Use a Mindfulness-Based Strategy to Control Their Aggressive Behavior

Autor/inn/en	Singh, Nirbhay N.; Lancioni, Giulio E.; Singh, Angela D. A.; Winton, Alan S. W.; Singh, Ashvind N. A.; Singh, Judy
Titel	Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome Can Use a Mindfulness-Based Strategy to Control Their Aggressive Behavior
Quelle	In: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 5 (2011) 3, S.1103-1109 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1750-9467
DOI	10.1016/j.rasd.2010.12.006
Schlagwörter	Aggression; Asperger Syndrome; Self Control; Child Behavior; Adolescents; Peer Relationship; Parent Child Relationship; Attention; Negative Attitudes; Emotional Response; Cognitive Processes; Behavior Modification + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Asperger-Syndrom; Selbstbeherrschung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Peer-Beziehungen; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Aufmerksamkeit; Negative Fixierung; Emotionales Verhalten; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Behaviour modification; Verhaltensänderung
Abstract	Children and adolescents with Asperger syndrome occasionally exhibit aggressive behavior against peers and parents. In a multiple baseline design across subjects, three adolescents with Asperger syndrome were taught to use a mindfulness-based procedure called "Meditation on the Soles of the Feet" to control their physical aggression in the family home and during outings in the community. They were taught to shift the focus of their attention from the negative emotions that triggered their aggressive behavior to a neutral stimulus, the soles of their feet. Prior to training in the mindfulness-based procedure the adolescents had moderate rates of aggression. During mindfulness practice, which lasted between 17 and 24 weeks, their mean rates of aggression per week decreased from 2.7, 2.5 and 3.2 to 0.9, 1.1, and 0.9, respectively, with no instances observed during the last 3 weeks of mindfulness practice. No episodes of physical aggression occurred during a 4-year follow-up. This study suggests that adolescents with Asperger syndrome may successfully use a mindfulness-based procedure to control their aggressive behavior. (Contains 1 figure and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10