Clinician- and parent-reported outcome measures showed that psychosocial interventions were superior to waitlist and treatment-as-usual control conditions at post-treatment .
However , the results of self-reported outcome measures failed to reach significance .
The sensitivity analyses did not significantly change these results and the subgroup analysis indicated that individual treatment was more effective than group treatment .
Anxiety is a common problem in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder ( ASD ) .
This meta- analysis aim ed to systematic ally evaluate the evidence for the use of psychosocial interventions to manage anxiety in this population .
Cognitive behavioural therapy ( CBT ) was the primary intervention modality studied .
Exploring the role of parent training in the treatment of childhood anxiety.
Data from a r and omized clinical trial comparing the relative efficacy of individual cognitive-behavioral therapy ( ICBT ) , family CBT ( FCBT ) , and a family-based education/support/attention control ( FESA ) condition were used to examine associations between in-session therapeutic techniques related to parent training ( PT ) and treatment outcomes . This study explored the extent to which therapists ' use of PT techniques , specifically ( a ) parental anxiety management , ( b ) transfer of control from therapist to parent to child over child 's coping , ( c ) communication skills training , and ( d ) contingency management training , contributed to treatment outcome in family-based CBT .  Children ( N = 53 ; 31 males ; 7.8 - 13.8 years of age ; M = 10.1 years , SD = 2.3 ; 85 % Caucasian , 9 % African American , 4 % Asian , 2 % " other " background ) with a principal anxiety disorder completed 16 sessions of CBT with their parents . The relative contributions of PT components on treatment outcome were evaluated . As hypothesized , both transfer-of-control and parental anxiety management techniques significantly contributed to improvement on clinician and parent ratings of child global functioning within FCBT . PT did not significantly contribute to improvement on measures of child anxiety . These preliminary findings suggest that when FCBT is conducted for child anxiety , PT ( i.e. , transfer-of-control and parental anxiety management techniques ) may contribute to improvements in the child 's global functioning
Clinician- and parent-reported outcome measures showed that psychosocial interventions were superior to waitlist and treatment-as-usual control conditions at post-treatment .
However , the results of self-reported outcome measures failed to reach significance .
The sensitivity analyses did not significantly change these results and the subgroup analysis indicated that individual treatment was more effective than group treatment .
Anxiety is a common problem in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder ( ASD ) .
This meta- analysis aim ed to systematic ally evaluate the evidence for the use of psychosocial interventions to manage anxiety in this population .
Cognitive behavioural therapy ( CBT ) was the primary intervention modality studied .