Autistic adults often experience high levels of stress and difficulties in coping with stressors in everyday life. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) groups, adjusted for autistic adults in an outpatient context. We conducted a two-arm, parallel-group, randomized controlled effectiveness trial during the years 2018–2020. Autistic...
Autistic adults report high stress and impaired ability to cope with stressors. Mindfulness-based stress reduction targets individual’s own resources to regulate stress responses. An open feasibility study was conducted in an outpatient context, recruiting autistic adults without intellectual disability. The intervention, guided by trained mindfulness-based stress reduction teachers, followed...