SynthesisJournal of affective disorders2020
Social Cognitive Interventions for Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review.
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- 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 interventions for adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. A systematic review.Actas espanolas de psiquiatria · 2023Pooled it
- Benefits and harms of interventions to improve anxiety, depression, and other mental health outcomes for autistic people: A systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2023Pooled it
- Effectiveness of interventions for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder in high-income vs. lower middle-income countries: An overview of systematic reviews and research papers from LMIC.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Social cognition in children and adolescents with epilepsy: A meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Effectiveness of a mobile application game (NDTx-01) in enhancing social communication skills in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder or social communication disorder: A randomized controlled pilot trial.Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2025Trial
- Multisession tDCS combined with intrastimulation training improves emotion recognition in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2024Trial
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- Neuroimaging Evidence of Facial Emotion Processing in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Meta-Analysis of Functional Neuroimaging Studies.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- 'Adolescence kicked in . . . and you need help again': A qualitative study of the experiences of parents of autistic teenagers with mental health difficulties or behaviours that challenge.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2025Article
- Improving Peer Interactions and Social Skills in Preschool Children With Autism Using Pivotal Response Treatment.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Oxytocin and its links through scientific lineage.Comprehensive psychoneuroendocrinology · 2024Article
- Auditory Domain Sensitivity and Neuroplasticity-Based Targeted Cognitive Training in Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Feasibility of a best-worst scaling exercise to set priorities for autism research.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2022Article
- Theory of mind and facial emotion recognition in adults with temporal lobe epilepsy: A meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Review
- Adaptive VR intervention on social-cognitive skills in children with ASD: a feasibility study.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
introductionAutism spectrum disorder (ASD), a heterogeneous neurodevelopmental disorder, impacts social experience and functioning throughout the lifespan. Although the postnatal phase of neuroplasticity has been a focus for early interventions in ASD, a second critical period in adolescence has emerged as a promising target for experience-dependent remediation. Interventions addressing the multidimensional construct of social cognition have also shown potential as a therapeutic approach. Yet, to date, evidence-based social cognitive interventions (SCIs) designed for adolescents with ASD are still lacking. In this review, we aim to survey and synthesize the extant literature on SCIs for adolescents with ASD in order to inform next steps for treatment research.
methodsUsing the PRISMA guidelines, we limited our queries to peer-reviewed, English-language journal articles describing SCI trials for adolescents with ASD using a randomized controlled design.
resultsEighteen articles in total met our inclusion/exclusion criteria. We present and discuss these trials using the non-exclusive categories of group-based social skills interventions, experiential-based interventions, and computer-assisted interventions. LIMITATIONS: To ensure a focus on adolescence, we excluded trials with teen-age participants if mean subject age was not between 12-18 years. Also, given the variability across studies in outcome measures, study designs, samples, and effect sizes, findings were incommensurable.
conclusionsSeveral reviewed SCIs reported post-treatment improvements in varied domains but findings were inconsistent. Further investigations of existing and novel interventions are warranted; attention to assessing and improving long-term skill transfer is essential. Technology-assisted augmentations may improve treatment efficacy and ecological validity of therapeutic gains.
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