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 .
A Replication and Extension of the PEERS Intervention: Examining Effects on Social Skills and Social Anxiety in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders
This study aim ed to evaluate the Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills ( PEERS : Laugeson et al. in J Autism Dev Disord 39(4):596–606 , 2009 ) . PEERS focuses on improving friendship quality and social skills among adolescents with higher-functioning ASD . 58 participants aged 11–16 years-old were r and omly assigned to either an immediate treatment or waitlist comparison group . Results revealed , in comparison to the waitlist group , that the experimental treatment group significantly improved their knowledge of PEERS concepts and friendship skills , increased in their amount of get-togethers , and decreased in their levels of social anxiety , core autistic symptoms , and problem behaviors from pre-to post-PEERS . This study provides the first independent replication and extension of the empirically-supported PEERS social skills intervention for adolescents with ASD
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 .