Trial reportDevelopmental neuropsychology2019
Treatment Effects in Social Cognition and Behavior following a Theater-based Intervention for Youth with Autism.
Trial report in Developmental neuropsychology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02276534 (SENSE Theatre Research Program), which is not on this map. Cited by 28 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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SENSE Theatre Research Program
Who cites it
28 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Do Individuals With Overweight and Obesity Have Reduced Affective and Cognitive Empathy? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of social skills training interventions for children with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Saudi medical journal · 2025Pooled it
- The effect of game-based interventions on children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Pooled it
- A scoping review of integrated arts therapies and neuroscience research.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- The effectiveness of social training in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD): a systematic review and transfer analysis.Scientific reports · 2024Pooled it
- The Methodological Quality and Intervention Fidelity of Randomised Controlled Trials Evaluating Social Skills Group Programs in Autistic Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Pooled it
- Social cognition in children and adolescents with epilepsy: A meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of a combined physical activity and educational drama intervention on core symptoms and physical fitness in children with ASD.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Investigating Social Competence in a Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial of a Theatre-Based Intervention Enhanced for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Trial
- Peers, play, and performance to build social salience in autistic youth: A multisite randomized clinical trial.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2023Trial
- Social Functioning in Autistic Children with Below-Average vs. Average IQ: Limited Behavioral and Neural Evidence of Group Differences.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Review
- A Scoping Review of the Impact of Theatre-Based Techniques in Children and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Social Adaptation to Change in Peer Behavior Before and After a Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial of a Theatre-Based Intervention for Adults With Autism.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- The Effectiveness of Art Therapy on Children and Adolescents with ASD: A Systematic Review of RCTs.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Social skills interventions for children and adolescents with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder: a narrative review.Translational pediatrics · 2025Review
- Bridging research and practice: a pilot trial of an adapted social skills program for autism in public services.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Social Skills Interventions for Adolescents with Level 1 Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Clinical neuropsychiatry · 2024Review
- Theater-based interventions as a means of reducing social isolation and loneliness, facilitating successful aging, and strengthening social cognition in older adults.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Performing for Better Communication: Creativity, Cognitive-Emotional Skills and Embodied Language in Primary Schools.Journal of Intelligence · 2023Article
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Abstract
This randomized clinical trial ( www.clinicaltrials.gov ID# NCT02276534) examined the impact of a peer-mediated, theater-based social skills intervention, SENSE Theater®, on social cognition and behavior in 77 youth (ages 8-16) with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder. Analysis of Covariance models revealed that post-treatment, the experimental group (n = 44) performed significantly better than the controls (n = 33) on NEPSY theory of mind (verbal) subtest, demonstrated increased neural evidence of memory for faces, and engaged in more cooperative play and verbal interaction with novel peers. The study extends previous findings showing that SENSE Theater® contributes to improvement in social cognition and behavior.
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