Trial reportJournal of autism and developmental disorders2019
Does Theory of Mind Training Enhance Empathy in Autism?
Trial report in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effectiveness of social training in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD): a systematic review and transfer analysis.Scientific reports · 2024Pooled it
- The Moderating Effect of Sex on Autistic Trait Emotional Intelligence, Alexithymia, and Empathy.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Frontal Disorders and Consciousness: A Review.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2025Review
- Comparative Effectiveness of Human- and Robot-Based Interventions in Increasing Empathy Among Autistic Children.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- The mental health rewards of interpersonal strengths: kindness and social intelligence are linked to lower internalizing and externalizing problems in Chinese children with autism spectrum disorders.International journal of developmental disabilities · 2025Article
- Autistic and schizotypal traits exhibit similarities in their impact on mentalization and adult attachment impairments: a cross-sectional study.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- No Sex-based Differences in Self-reported Empathy between Patients with Schizophrenia and Control Subjects.Actas espanolas de psiquiatria · 2024Article
- Early Neuro-Psychomotor Therapy Intervention for Theory of Mind and Emotion Recognition in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Pilot Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Feeling for the Other With Ease: Prospective Actors Show High Levels of Emotion Recognition and Report Above Average Empathic Concern, but Do Not Experience Strong Distress.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Association of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Traits with Depression and Empathy Among Medical Students.Advances in medical education and practice · 2021Article
- Neural Responses of Benefiting From the Prosocial Exchange: The Effect of Helping Behavior.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Machine Learning for Differential Diagnosis Between Clinical Conditions With Social Difficulty: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Early Psychosis, and Social Anxiety Disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
- Empathy in Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2019Article
- Oxytocin neurons in the paraventricular nucleus and fear empathy among male mice.Journal of psychiatry & neuroscience : JPNArticle
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Abstract
Youth with ASD often show limited or atypical empathic responsiveness. The direct effects of social skills interventions on enhancing empathic responsiveness is unknown. Data from a randomized controlled trial were used to investigate whether a Theory of Mind training improves the empathic responsiveness, measured through structured observations. The current study included a large sample (n = 135) of 8-13-year-old children with ASD. When comparing the change scores of empathic responsiveness from baseline to post-test, the intervention group performed significantly better than the waitlist group. Thus, the current findings support the use of Theory of Mind training as intervention of ASD by showing its efficacy also in improving one's empathic responsiveness, in addition to previous knowledge regarding the improvements in empathic understanding.
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