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Adolescents with Asperger syndrome can use a mindfulness-based strategy to control their aggressive behavior
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- 자료유형학술지논문
- 저자명Singh, N. N.,Lancioni, G. E.,Singh, A. D.,Winton, A. S.,Singh, A. N.,Singh, J.
- 학회/출판사/기관명Elsevier Science B. V., Amsterdam
- 출판년도2011
- 언어영어
- 학술지명/학위논문주기RESEARCH IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS
- 발행사항Vol.5No.3[2011]_x000D_
- ISBN/ISSN1750-9467
- 소개/요약Children 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.
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