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SynthesisClinical psychology review2017

Efficacy of group social skills interventions for youth with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Jacquelyn A Gates, Erin Kang, Matthew D Lerner

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Clinical psychology review, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07594171 (Comparative Outcomes of VR and In-person NDBI-informed Social Skills Interventions for Preschool-aged Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder), which is not on this map. Cited by 148 papers, 19 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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148citing papers in PubMed, 19 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT07594171 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Comparative Outcomes of VR and In-person NDBI-informed Social Skills Interventions for Preschool-aged Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

TypeinterventionalSponsorNational Cheng-Kung University HospitalRan2023 to 2025Enrolled32ConditionsAutism Spectrum Disorder High-Functioning, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)ArmsVirtual Reality-Based Social Skills Group Intervention, In-Person Social Skills Group Intervention
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

148 citing papers in PubMed, 19 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Meta-analysis of Psychotherapy for Autistic Youth.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026
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  13. A Systematic Review of Passing as Non-autistic in Autism Spectrum Disorder.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2021
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  18. Psychoeducational Interventions for Adults With Level 3 Autism Spectrum Disorder: A 50-Year Systematic Review.Cognitive and behavioral neurology : official journal of the Society for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology · 2019
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88 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

3 authors.

Jacquelyn A GatesStony Brook University, United States.
Erin KangStony Brook University, United States.
Matthew D LernerStony Brook University, United States. Electronic address: matthew.lerner@stonybrook.edu.

Funding

Optimizing Prediction of Social Deficits in Autism Spectrum DisordersR01MH110585 · NIMH · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI LERNER, MATTHEW DANIEL · 2016 to 2020
$2.2M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH110585
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Group-based social skills interventions (GSSIs) are widely used for treating social competence among youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but their efficacy is unclear. Previous meta-analysis of the literature on well-designed trials of GSSIs is limited in size and scope, collapsing across highly heterogeneous sources (parents; youths; teachers; observers; behavioral tasks). The current meta-analysis of randomized control trials (RCTs) was conducted to ascertain overall effectiveness of GSSIs and differences by reporting sources. Nineteen RCTs met inclusion criteria. Results show that overall positive aggregate effects were medium (g=0.51, p<0.001). Effects were large for self-report (g=0.92, p<0.001), medium for task-based measures (g=0.58, p<0.001), small for parent- and observer-report (g=0.47 and 0.40, respectively, p<0.001), and nonsignificant for teacher-report (p=0.11). Moderation analyses of self-report revealed the effect was wholly attributable to youth reporting that they learned about skilled social behaviors (social knowledge; g=1.15, p<0.01), but not that they enacted them (social performance; g=0.28, p=0.31). Social skills interventions presently appear modestly effective for youth with ASD, but may not generalize to school settings or self-reported social behavior.

Indexed as

Interpersonal RelationsPsychotherapy, GroupSocial BehaviorSocial SkillsAdolescentAutism Spectrum DisorderChildChild, PreschoolHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicYoung AdultAutism spectrum disorderInterventionMeta-analysisSocial skills

Identifiers

PMID28130983
PMCPMC5358101

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