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Trial reportJournal of autism and developmental disorders2009

Parent-assisted social skills training to improve friendships in teens with autism spectrum disorders.

Elizabeth A Laugeson, Fred Frankel, Catherine Mogil, Ashley R Dillon

3 registry-linked trialsAbstract readClinical TrialComparative Study
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 126 papers, 14 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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126citing papers in PubMed, 14 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03354923 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2016, after this paper: background citation

Parent-Child Reciprocity and the Effectiveness of a Parent-Assisted Social Skills Training Program for Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder

TypeinterventionalSponsorBar-Ilan University, IsraelRan2016 to 2019Enrolled80ConditionsSocial Skills, Parent-Child Relational ProblemArmsPEERS intervention
NCT05341011 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

Establishment of Social Skills Training Group in Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Effectiveness Analysis

TypeinterventionalSponsorNational Taiwan University HospitalRan2019 to 2023Enrolled42ConditionsAutism Spectrum Disorder High-FunctioningArmsPEERS® Social Skills Training
NCT07207213 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Italian Adaptation and Validation of the In-person UCLA-PEERS® Model for Adolescents With Autistic Spectrum Disorder

TypeinterventionalSponsorIRCCS Fondazione Stella MarisRan2026 to 2027Enrolled36ConditionsAutism Spectrum DisorderArmsPEERS, Control
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

126 citing papers in PubMed, 14 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Meta-analysis of Psychotherapy for Autistic Youth.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026
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  20. Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERSJournal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025
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66 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Elizabeth A LaugesonUCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA. elaugeson@mednet.ucla.edu
Fred Frankel
Catherine Mogil
Ashley R Dillon

Funding

Social &Language Deficits in Autism-Biology &TreamentU54MH068172 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI SIGMAN, MARIAN D · 2003 to 2007
$8.2M
RESEARCH TRAINING: PSYCHOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCEST32MH017140 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI LEUCHTER, ANDREW F · 1985 to 2012
$3.2M
NIMH NIH HHS 1U54MH068172NIMH NIH HHS T32-MH17140
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study examines the efficacy of a manualized parent-assisted social skills intervention in comparison with a matched Delayed Treatment Control group to improve friendship quality and social skills among teens 13-17 years of age with autism spectrum disorders. Targeted skills included conversational skills, peer entry and exiting skills, developing friendship networks, good sportsmanship, good host behavior during get-togethers, changing bad reputations, and handling teasing, bullying, and arguments. Results revealed, in comparison with the control group, that the treatment group significantly improved their knowledge of social skills, increased frequency of hosted get-togethers, and improved overall social skills as reported by parents. Possibly due to poor return rate of questionnaires, social skills improvement reported by teachers was not significant. Future research should provide follow-up data to test the durability of treatment.

Indexed as

Interpersonal RelationsParentsPsychotherapySocial BehaviorAdolescentAutistic DisorderCommunicationFemaleFriendsHumansMaleNeuropsychological TestsPeer GroupTreatment OutcomeVerbal Behavior

Identifiers

PMID19015968

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