Social skills improvement in children with high-functioning autism: a pilot randomized controlled trial

Abstract High-functioning autism (HFA) is characterized by persistent impairment in social interaction despite the absence of mental retardation. Although an increasing number of group-based programs for the improvement of social skills have been described, randomized controlled trials are needed to evaluate their efficacy. To compare the effect of a Social Skills Training Group-based Program (SST-GP) and a Leisure Activities Group-based Program (LA-GP) on the perception of facial emotions and quality of life (QoL) in young people with HFA. Eligible patients were children and adolescents with HFA. Participants were randomized to the SST or LA group. The primary outcome was defined as an improvement of 2 points in error rates for facial emotion labeling (DANVA2) from baseline. After the 6-month training period, the SST Group made fewer errors in labeling anger on adult faces, whereas error rates in the LA Group remained stable. Progress in the ability to recognize anger in the SST Group was due to better recognition of low intensity stimuli on adult faces. QoL increased in the SST Group in the dimension of school environment, as a marker of the transfer of skills acquired in the treatment setting to their use in the community. The SST-GP had higher efficacy than the LA-GP. Data justify replication using larger samples..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2013

Erschienen:

2013

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

European child & adolescent psychiatry - 22(2013), 7 vom: 16. Feb., Seite 433-442

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Baghdadli, A. [VerfasserIn]
Brisot, J. [VerfasserIn]
Henry, V. [VerfasserIn]
Michelon, C. [VerfasserIn]
Soussana, M. [VerfasserIn]
Rattaz, C. [VerfasserIn]
Picot, M. C. [VerfasserIn]

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77.00$jPsychologie: Allgemeines

44.91$jPsychiatrie$jPsychopathologie

44.67$jKinderheilkunde

Themen:

Controlled trials
Facial emotion recognition
High-functioning autism
Quality of life
Social skills training

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RVK Klassifikation

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© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013

doi:

10.1007/s00787-013-0388-8

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC2108491244