SynthesisJournal of autism and developmental disorders2024
The Methodological Quality and Intervention Fidelity of Randomised Controlled Trials Evaluating Social Skills Group Programs in Autistic Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review of Implicit Versus Explicit Social Skills Group Programs in Different Settings for School-Aged Autistic Children and Adolescents.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Pooled it
- "I made friends a lot more easily": children and families' experiences of social group programs for children on the autism spectrum.BMC pediatrics · 2025Trial
- Early Intervention and Social Decision-Making Skills in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Insights from Jordan.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Cultural Adaptation and Evaluation of the PEERSJournal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Systematizing community-based health services for autistic individuals: a municipal model from Chile.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Feasibility and cross-cultural validation of an adapted social skills group training programme (KONTAKTBMJ open · 2024Article
- Social Skills Interventions for Adolescents with Level 1 Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Clinical neuropsychiatry · 2024Review
- Adaptation and Feasibility of KONTAKT™ Social Skills Toolbox Group Program for Australian Autistic Children.Scandinavian journal of child and adolescent psychiatry and psychology · 2024Article
- Understanding School Anxiety in Italian Adolescence through an Artificial Neural Network: Influence of Social Skills and Coping Strategies.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
A systematic review and meta-analysis were utilised to explore the methodological quality, program fidelity, and efficacy of social skills group programs (SSGPs) aiming to support autistic adolescents in navigating their everyday social worlds. The study evaluated the methodological quality and theoretical fidelity of studies, with a random effect meta-analysis conducted to summarise the overall efficacy of SSGP and its effect on social communication and interaction, behavioural/emotional challenges, adaptive functioning, and autism characteristics. Although findings from the 18 identified studies indicated an adjusted medium overall effect with these programs successfully supporting autistic adolescents' socialisation needs (g = 0. 60, p < 0.001), most studies demonstrated medium to low program fidelity despite their good methodological quality. Given the significant heterogeneity of SSGPs and variations in the design and measurement frameworks of efficacy studies, understanding the generalisability of the findings of this research is unclear.
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