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Home > Arhiva > 2023 > Numar: 3 > Mindfulness to Calibrate Behavior and Emotions in Children, Adolescents and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

 Mindfulness to Calibrate Behavior and Emotions in Children, Adolescents and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

    by:
  • Săndica Ion (University of Bucharest, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, 9 Schitu Măgureanu Street, district 5, Bucharest, Romania, E-mail: sandicad@yahoo.com)

The research on literature in this article suggests that mindfulness is effective in reducing anxiety, depression, aggression, stress, rumination and increasing self-acceptance, positive state of well-being in children, adolescents and adults with ASD. Therefore mindfulness programs and tools could provide real help for children and adolescents on the autism spectrum to calibrate their behavior and emotions, but also for their families to reduce stress. It is proved that mindfulness technics and tools used on daily basis in general population could change brain’s neuroplasticity and extend the consciousness. The studies in the ASD literature show that children and adolescents did not report significant changes in mindful awareness, but their social communication problems decreased, and their emotional and behavioral functioning improved.


Keywords: Autism, Mindfulness, Self-acceptance, Emotions, Stress, Anxiety, Social communication, Behavior, Integration