SynthesisJournal of autism and developmental disorders2021
Improving Social Knowledge and Skills among Adolescents with Autism: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of UCLA PEERS® for Adolescents.
Synthesis in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07207213 (Italian Adaptation and Validation of the In-person UCLA-PEERS® Model for Adolescents With Autistic Spectrum Disorder), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Italian Adaptation and Validation of the In-person UCLA-PEERS® Model for Adolescents With Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Who cites it
22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Extent and Rigor of Cultural Adaptations in Social Communication Interventions for Autistic Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Pooled it
- Accelerated Theta Burst Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Refractory Depression in Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Trial
- Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERSJournal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Trial
- Effects of Social Skills Training for Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum: a Randomized Controlled Trial of the Polish Adaptation of the PEERS® Intervention via Hybrid and In-Person Delivery.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2023Trial
- Common and Differing Elements Across Caregiver-Mediated Social Communication Programs Supporting Autistic Children: A Scoping Review With Content Analysis.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Article
- Efficacy of Community-Delivered PEERS® for Adolescents: Increases in Social Skills and Decreases in Social Anxiety and Loneliness.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Advances in supporting development in autistic children and youth.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2026Review
- Improving Social Communication in Autistic Adolescents Through a Clinic-Home-School Collaboration.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Parent Employment Status and Race/Ethnicity as Predictors of Social Skills Outcomes in Autistic Children in PEERSJournal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2026Article
- Child and Caregiver Perspectives on Conversation Club Therapy: A Case Study.Journal of evaluation in clinical practice · 2025Article
- The Understanding of Wrongfulness by Autistic Individuals in the Criminal Justice System.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Associations between Social Experiences and Psychological Health for Autistic Youth with Low IQ.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- The Clinical Phenotype of Early Selective Mutism and Later Autism Spectrum Disorder in Girls: A Case Series Analysis.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Impact of a Structured Social Skills Training Program on Adolescents and Young Adults with Level 1 Autism.Pediatric reports · 2025Article
- Feasibility and cross-cultural validation of an adapted social skills group training programme (KONTAKTBMJ open · 2024Article
- Adaptation and Feasibility of the Mandarin Version of PEERSJournal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Article
- Social Knowledge & Performance in Autism: A Critical Review & Recommendations.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2023Review
- Perceived and Observed Treatment Gains Following PEERS: A Preliminary Study with Latinx Adolescents with ASD.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2023Observational
- Program for education and enrichment of relational skills (PEERS) training for social skills and depressed mood intervention in young adult with depression: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Nutrition and Autism Spectrum Disorder: Between False Myths and Real Research-Based Opportunities.Nutrients · 2021Article
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Abstract
UCLA PEERS® for Adolescents is a widely applied program among a number of social skills training programs developed over the years. We synthesized current research evidence on the PEERS program to evaluate the treatment effect on four commonly used outcome measures. 12 studies met inclusion criteria for the review and nine met the criteria for meta-analysis. Results showed moderate to large pooled effects across measures and informants in favor of the PEERS program, with the largest effect seen in social knowledge improvement and the smallest effect in the frequency of get-togethers. The heterogeneity of effects across studies were examined and the limitations of the current evidence were discussed.
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