Comparative Effects of Mindfulness and Skills-Based Parent Training Programs for Parents of Children with Autism: Feasibility and Preliminary Outcome Data

Mindfulness

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 89-101

  Ferraioli, Suzannah J ^a   Harris, Sandra L ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Mindfulness; Parent training; Parenting stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877013452     PISSN: 18688527     EISSN: 18688535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-012-0099-0     Document Type: Article

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