The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effects of parent training based on Denver model on parents' disease cognition level, coping style, parenting guilt, depression, anxiety and stress, quality of life, etc . The main question\[s\] it aims to answer are: * What is the status quo of autistic parents' disease cognition level, coping style, parenting guilt, depression, anxiety and stress, and quality of life * Whether education and training based on Denver model can improve autism parents' disease cognition level, coping style, parenting guilt, depression, anxiety and stress, and quality of life Participants will receive educational training based on the Denver model. The researchers will compare the Denver model of early intervention with parents who receive regular autism health guidance to explore the effect of early intervention Denver model
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
70
In addition to routine health guidance, one-to-one parent classes were conducted to guide parents to interact with children once a week for 1h each time; A group leader was assigned to supervise the formulation of the intervention plan and ensure the quality of the intervention. The intervention lasted for 3 months
Trait Coping Style Questionnaire
The questionnaire consists of 2 dimensions (positive coping and negative coping), with 10 entries in each dimension, using a 5-level rating (1 being definitely no, 5 being definitely yes). The higher the positive coping score, the more positive, and the higher the negative coping score, the more negative.
Time frame: One week before the intervention and one week after the intervention
Illness Cognition Questionnaire-Parent version
The scale includes three dimensions: helplessness, acceptance and perceived benefit, among which acceptance and perceived benefit belong to positive cognition, while helplessness belongs to negative cognition. Likert 1 to 4 scoring method was adopted for each item, and the 3 dimensions were scored respectively. The score range of each dimension was 6 to 24 points. The higher the score, the stronger the condition of the corresponding dimension, and the score of each dimension was not cumulative
Time frame: One week before the intervention and one week after the intervention
Depression Anxiety Stress Scales
There are 21 entries in total, 7 entries each for depression, anxiety and stress subscales. This scale is a 4-point Likert self-scoring scale, and the score of each question is between 0 and 3 points, "0" means "never", "1" means "sometimes", "2" means "often", and "3" means "always". The total score of each subscale multiplied by 2 is the final score. The higher the score, the more intense the negative emotional experience.
Time frame: One week before the intervention and one week after the intervention
Guilt about Parenting Scale
The scale is a single dimension scale with 10 items. All of them adopted the 7-point scoring method, and were assigned 1-7 points from completely non-conforming to completely conforming. The total score is 10 to 70, the higher the score, the higher the level of parenting guilt of the subject
Time frame: One week before the intervention and one week after the intervention
Beach Center Family Quality of Life Scale
The scale included 25 items in 5 dimensions, including family interaction (6 items), parenting (6 items), emotional health (4 items), physical/material welfare (5 items) and support related to disability (4 items). Likert5-level scores were used, from "very dissatisfied" to "very satisfied", 1-5 points were assigned, with a total score of 25 to 125 points. The higher the score, the more satisfied the individual was with the quality of family life.
Time frame: One week before the intervention and one week after the intervention
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