A Pilot Study on an ACT-Based Program for Individuals With Special Needs and Their Caregivers
Promoting Wellbeing and Personal Values: A Pilot Study on a Group-Based Program for Individuals With Special Needs and Their Caregivers
The University of Hong Kong
62 participants
Oct 14, 2025
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
Parenting children with special health care needs can be stressful and weigh on the caregivers' mental health. For the individuals with special needs, the mismatch between their needs and the normative practice in the world around them can be frustrating and detrimental to their functioning. The demands and concerns to these families can be so real that it may not be sensible to examine the validity or helpfulness of the distressing thoughts or feelings but to promote psychological flexibility, which is a key to value-guided living. This pilot study explores the effects and feasibility of a group-based intervention for families of individuals with special health care needs.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria3
- be at or older than 18 years old
- understand Cantonese
- read as well as write Chinese
Exclusion Criteria3
- with borderline or greater intellectual deficits
- weak language abilities
- severe conditions related to mental, emotional, and/or behavioral functioning
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Interventions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a well-established and evidence-based psychotherapy for individuals at different ages and with different clinical needs. The protocol used in the current study is adapted from an established local group intervention and tailored to families of individuals with special health care needs.
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NCT07345806