Social Skills Training Group Effectiveness in Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS®).
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Autism Spectrum Disorder. Basic parameters: 11 years — 20 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Taiwan
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Establishment of Social Skills Training Group in Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Effectiveness Analysis
Overview
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts, and the presence of restricted, repetitive behavior and interests, affecting 1 in 68 children. Although atypical social deficits onset in early childhood, their social relationships with peers may remain a challenge or even worsen for individuals with ASD throughout the school years and beyond, as social contexts increase in complexity and pose higher social expectations.
Interventions
- Behavioral Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS®)
developed at the University of California, Los Angeles (E. A. Laugeson \& F. Frankel, 2010). This is a parent-assisted, manualized social skills training program that addresses crucial areas of social functioning for adolescents. Psycho-education and cognitive-behavioral therapy techniques are employed to help adolescents develop ecologically valid skills for making and maintaining friendships.
Primary outcome measures
- Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) [Time frame: 7 weeks]
- The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) [Time frame: 7 weeks]
- Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) [Time frame: 7 weeks]
- Friendship Quality Scale (FQS) [Time frame: 7 weeks]
- The Assessing Emotions Scale (AES) [Time frame: 7 weeks]
- Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) [Time frame: 7 weeks]
- Social Adjustment Inventory for Children and Adolescents (SAICA) [Time frame: 7 weeks]
- Quality of Play Questionnaire (QPQ) [Time frame: 7 weeks]
- Test of Adolescents Social Skills Knowledge (TASSK) [Time frame: 7 weeks]
- Empathy Quotient (EQ) [Time frame: 7 weeks]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- aged 11-20 years, currently enrolled in school between the sixth grade of elementary school and the third year of high school
- with a clinical diagnosis of ASD from a licensed mental health or medical professional based on DSM-5
- experiencing social difficulties as reported by parents in a structured intake interview
- scored ≧ 26 on the caregiver-reported Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ), indicating clinical impairment associated with ASD
- demonstrating verbal fluency in Chinese
- with a full-scale IQ > 70 on WAIS-IV
- with motivation to participate in the intervention;
- with a caregiver who was fluent in Chinese and willing to participate as a social coach in the study.
Exclusion criteria
- a history of major mental illness (e.g., bipolar affective disorder, schizophrenia, or psychosis) or neurological diseases that might hinder participation in the treatment
- visual impairment and/or hearing impairment that would preclude participation in group-based social activities.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Taiwan · 1 center
- National Taiwan University Hospital — Taipei
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05857813 · 202109033RIND