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Brief title
Health condition
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Sponsors and support
Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia (salary and expenses of PhD student)
Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
The participants experience a conversation with a confederate (unfamiliar, opposite sex and similar aged peers) during 3 minutes. the participants and the confederates have to complete a brief questionnaires about the conversation; Conversation Rating Scale (CRS). We made some adaptations to the CRS questionnaire by adding two self-confidence items and three perspective- taking items.
Secondary outcome
- social skills (SSIS self reported, parents and teacher report)
- autistic social impairment (SRS parent and teacher report)
- social contacts (QSQ self reported and parent report)
- social knowledge (TASK self reported)
- social cognition (TUSC self reported)
- social anxiety (BFNE self reported)
- parenting self efficacy (PSOC parent report)
Background summary
The core deficits of ASD are limited social-communication capacities. Consequences of these social communication deficits are lack of social relationships, poor quality friendships and risk of anxiety or depression. The UCLA PEERS Program has been found to improve the parent-reported social competence in adolescents with ASD in USA and Korea relative to a waiting list comparison group.
The previous studies mostly used parent-reported outcome measures and little is known weather the program are effective in producing the effect of improved social competence. For these reasons, it is of great importance to culturally adapt the program, use blinded observation of social competence, and include teacher in reported outcome measures.
The present study examines the effectiveness of the Dutch translation and cultural adaptation of PEERS program in a RCT compared with an active treatment control group; ROAD.
Participants in this study are randomized after the baseline measurement and equally distributed to PEERS or ROAD.
Study objective
Enhanced social knowledge (TASSK), cognition (TUSC) and skills (SSIS + SRS) and improved conversation ability (CASS + CRS)
Study design
Baseline (week 0)
Intermediate (week 7)
Post-intervention (week 14)
Follow-up (week 28)
Intervention
- The PEERS program (experimental condition) consists of 14 weekly teen and parent sessions, with a duration of 90 minutes per session. The training is in a small group format (6-10 teens) that addresses elements of friendship, i.e. social skills that are taught using psycho-educational and cognitive-behavioral therapy techniques (i.e. didactic lessons, role play demonstrations, behavioral rehearsals and homework assignments)
- ROAD (active control) consists of 14 weekly teen sessions (parent-involvement trough e-mail hand-outs), with a duration of 90 minutes per session. The training is in a small group format (6-10 teens) that addresses issues relevant during adolescence, like developing autonomy and friendships, using psycho-educational techniques (i.e. didactic lessons, and homework assignments)
Kirstin Greaves-Lord
Erasmus MC- Sophia Kinderzhikenhuis
Department of Child & Adolescents Psychiatry/ Psychology
IC Kinderen Kamer 2861
Rotterdam 3015 CN
The Netherlands
010-7037005
k.greaves-lord@erasmusmc.nl
Kirstin Greaves-Lord
Erasmus MC- Sophia Kinderzhikenhuis
Department of Child & Adolescents Psychiatry/ Psychology
IC Kinderen Kamer 2861
Rotterdam 3015 CN
The Netherlands
010-7037005
k.greaves-lord@erasmusmc.nl
Inclusion criteria
- age between 12 to 18 years old
- clinical diagnosis of ASD (PDD-NOS, Asperger's syndrome or autistic disorder)
- Dutch fluency
- Total IQ>70
- being in secondary education
Exclusion criteria
- history of major mental illness (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder)
- visual, hearing or physical impairments
Design
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In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| NTR-new | NL6117 |
| NTR-old | NTR6255 |
| Other | NL57472.078.16 : MEC-2016-357 |