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Predictors of Treatment Response to a Community-Delivered Group Social Skills Intervention for Youth with ASD
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Gerber, Alan H.; Kang, Erin; Nahmias, Allison S.; Libsack, Erin J.; Simson, Caitlin; Lerner, Matthew D. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Group social skills interventions (GSSIs) are among the most commonly used treatments for improving social competence in youth with ASD, however, results remain variable. The current study examined predictors of treatment response to an empirically-supported GSSI for youth with ASD delivered in the community (N[subscript total]=75). Participants…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Intervention, Outcomes of Treatment, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Adult Manifestation of Milder Forms of Autism Spectrum Disorder; Autistic and Non-Autistic Psychopathology
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Horwitz, E. H.; Schoevers, R. A.; Greaves-Lord, K.; de Bildt, A.; Hartman, C. A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
We compared the presence of autistic and comorbid psychopathology and functional impairments in young adults who received a clinical diagnosis of Pervasive Developmental Disorders Not Otherwise Specified or Asperger's Disorder during childhood to that of a referred comparison group. While the Autism Spectrum Disorder group on average scored higher…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Young Adults, Asperger Syndrome
Validating a Culturally-Sensitive Social Competence Training Programme for Adolescents with ASD in a Chinese Context: An Initial Investigation
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Chan, Raymond Won Shing; Leung, Cecilia Nga Wing; Ng, Denise Ching Yiu; Yau, Sania Sau Wai – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Previous studies on social skills training on ASD were done almost exclusively in the West with children as the main subjects. Demonstrations of the applicability of social interventions in different cultures and age groups are warranted. The current study outlined the development and preliminary evaluation of a CBT-context-based social competence…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Interpersonal Competence
An Investigation of Gelotophobia in Individuals with a Diagnosis of High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Leader, Geraldine; Grennan, Susan; Chen, June L.; Mannion, Arlene – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Samson et al. ("Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders" 41:475-483, 2011) conducted the first empirical investigation examining the fear of being laughed at (gelotophobia) and its prevalence in individuals with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (hfASD). The present research examined gelotophobia in relation to social…
Descriptors: Fear, Interpersonal Competence, Life Satisfaction, Quality of Life
Brief Report: Social Skills, Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms, and Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia in Autism
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Neuhaus, Emily; Bernier, Raphael; Beauchaine, Theodore P. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
Theoretical and empirical models describe respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) as a peripheral biomarker of emotion regulation and social competence. Recent findings also link RSA to individual differences in social functioning within autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, associations between RSA and symptoms of internalizing/externalizing…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Interpersonal Competence, Comparative Analysis
Psychiatric Symptoms in Youth with a History of Autism and Optimal Outcome
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Orinstein, Alyssa; Tyson, Katherine E.; Suh, Joyce; Troyb, Eva; Helt, Molly; Rosenthal, Michael; Barton, Marianne L.; Eigsti, Inge-Marie; Kelley, Elizabeth; Naigles, Letitia; Schultz, Robert T.; Stevens, Michael C.; Fein, Deborah A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
Since autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is often comorbid with psychiatric disorders, children who no longer meet criteria for ASD (optimal outcome; OO) may still be at risk for psychiatric disorders. A parent interview for DSM-IV psychiatric disorders (K-SADS-PL) for 33 OO, 42 high-functioning autism (HFA) and 34 typically developing (TD) youth,…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Comorbidity
What Facilitates Social Engagement in Preschool Children with Autism?
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Wimpory, Dawn C.; Hobson, R. Peter; Nash, Susan – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2007
We studied the association between an adult's behavior and episodes of social engagement (ESEs) in young children with autism during play-based assessment. ESEs were defined as events in which a child looked toward the adult's face and simultaneously showed an additional form of communicative behavior. The adult's behavior before each ESE, and…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Preschool Children, Autism, Interpersonal Relationship