ACT Combined Yoga for Parental Burnout in Parents with Autistic Children

The intervention used a combination of online and offline methods, based on ACT, supplemented by hatha yoga exercise intervention, the intervention group used the combination of offline ACT psychological intervention and online hatha yoga training, and the control group used mental health education, so as to explore and validate the effect of ACT combined with yoga on the improvement of parental parental burnout in children with ASD. The offline ACT psychological intervention was implemented by the researchers and psychologists, and the ACT psychological intervention was carried out once a week in community health centers or hospitals for 8 weeks. Online, a WeChat group was set up for parents with ASD, and Hatha Yoga training content and videos were sent to the group chat, and the researchers and volunteers supervised the training and clocking in and out of the group, three times a week.

The control group was provided with 8 weeks of mental health education, including emotional management skills, positive coping styles, and scientific parenting methods.