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Trial reportJournal of autism and developmental disorders2018

Changes in Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents with ASD Completing the PEERS

Hillary K Schiltz, Alana J McVey, Bridget K Dolan, Kirsten S Willar, Sheryl Pleiss, Jeffrey S Karst, Audrey M Carson, Christina Caiozzo, Elisabeth M Vogt, Brianna D Yund and 1 more

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERSJournal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025
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  13. Examining Feasibility and Outcomes of the PEERS® for Preschoolers Program.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2023
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  15. Reductions in Depression and Anxiety Among Autistic Adults Participating in an Intervention to Promote Healthy Relationships.The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hillary K SchiltzMarquette University, 604 N 16th St. Cramer Hall, Milwaukee, WI, 53233, USA. hillary.schiltz@marquette.edu.
Alana J McVeyMarquette University, 604 N 16th St. Cramer Hall, Milwaukee, WI, 53233, USA.
Bridget K DolanMarquette University, 604 N 16th St. Cramer Hall, Milwaukee, WI, 53233, USA.
Kirsten S WillarMarquette University, 604 N 16th St. Cramer Hall, Milwaukee, WI, 53233, USA.
Sheryl PleissMarquette University, 604 N 16th St. Cramer Hall, Milwaukee, WI, 53233, USA.
Jeffrey S KarstMarquette University, 604 N 16th St. Cramer Hall, Milwaukee, WI, 53233, USA.
Audrey M CarsonMarquette University, 604 N 16th St. Cramer Hall, Milwaukee, WI, 53233, USA.
Christina CaiozzoMarquette University, 604 N 16th St. Cramer Hall, Milwaukee, WI, 53233, USA.
Elisabeth M VogtMarquette University, 604 N 16th St. Cramer Hall, Milwaukee, WI, 53233, USA.
Brianna D YundUniversity of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2441 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, USA.
Amy Vaughan Van HeckeMarquette University, 604 N 16th St. Cramer Hall, Milwaukee, WI, 53233, USA.
Marquette University · USUniversity of Wisconsin–Milwaukee · US

Funding

Clinical and Translational Science AwardUL1TR001436 · NCATS · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI FREED, JULIE K · 2015 to 2025
$47.5M
Institutional Career Development CoreKL2TR001438 · NCATS · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI WIDLANSKY, MICHAEL E · 2015 to 2024
$2.9M
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR001438NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001436NCATS NIH HHS UL1TR001436, KL2TR001438
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Depression is a common concern among people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and is often associated with social skills and relationship challenges. The present data, from a randomized controlled trial, examined the effect of PEERS

Indexed as

Peer GroupSocial SkillsAdolescentAdolescent BehaviorAutism Spectrum DisorderChildDepressionFemaleHumansInterpersonal RelationsMaleSelf ReportSocial BehaviorAdolescenceAutism spectrum disorderDepressionSocial skills interventionSuicidality

Identifiers

PMID29164445
PMCPMC10321229
OpenAlexW2769375628

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Registered trials

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