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Table 3.2.13 Social skills.
Author
Year
Reference
Country
Beaumont et al
2008
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Australia
Study design Population
characteristics
Design
RCT, waitlist
controls
Aim
To investigate
the effectiveness
of a multi-component
social
skills intervention
for children with
Asperger syndrome
Diagnosis
An Asperger
syndrome diagnosis
confirmed using
DSM-IV-TR criteria
No of participants
49
Gender
44 boys, 5 girls
Age
7.5–11 years
IQ
>85
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Intervention Follow up period
Drop-out rate
I: The Junior Detective
Training Program with
four components: group
training of social skills,
parent training, teacher
handouts, a computer
game. Start with parent
information, children
and parents then had
7 weekly sessions.
follow-up session after
6 weeks.
n=26
C: Waitlist group;
then treatment as in I.
n=23
C = Control group; DSM-IV-TR = Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders,
fourth edition, text revision; ERSSQ = Emotion regulation and social skills questionnaire;
I = Intervention group; IQ = Intelligence quotient; p = Probability coefficient; RCT = Randomised
controlled trial; SSQP = Social skills questionnaire parent version
Assessments
At baseline, post-
treatment/postwaitlist
and after follow-up for
6 weeks + for both
groups follow-up
5 months after com-
pletion of treatment
Drop-outs
At 5 months post-
intervention:
I: n=1
C: n=2
Main results Study quality
Comments
Questionnaires
SSQ-P (parent form)
Pretreatment:
I: 25.30 (7.43)
C: 23.16 (9.05)
Posttreatment:
I: 38.08 (9.84)
C: 25.11 (7.91)
ERSSQ (parent rating)
Pretreatment:
I: 39.78 (10.17)
C: 39.64 (12.52)
Posttreatment:
I: 57.38 (13.40)
C: 40.14 (10.69)
For SSQ-P and ERSSQ:
I: Improvement from pre-to
post-treatment (p C (significant difference)
Other
Test of Emotion management strategies
(the tests “James” and “Dylan”).
I: Improvement from pre-to posttreatment
(p C (significant difference)
Improvements compared to baseline
maintained 5 months after treatment
(p