Cross-Cultural Adaptation to Australia of the KONTAKT© Social Skills Group Training Program for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Feasibility Study

Autor/inn/en	Afsharnejad, Bahareh; Falkmer, Marita; Black, Melissa H.; Alach, Tasha; Lenhard, Fabian; Fridell, Anna; Coco, Christina; Milne, Kelly; Chen, Nigel T. M.; Bölte, Sven; Girdler, Sonya
Titel	Cross-Cultural Adaptation to Australia of the KONTAKT© Social Skills Group Training Program for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Feasibility Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 50 (2020) 12, S.4297-4316 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-020-04477-5
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Skill Development; Social Development; Interpersonal Competence; Social Behavior; Group Activities; Adolescents; Goal Orientation; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Severity (of Disability); Quality of Life; Anxiety; Psychological Patterns; Emotional Response; Nonverbal Communication; Program Effectiveness; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Soziale Entwicklung; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Gruppenaktivität; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Schweregrad; Lebensqualität; Angst; Emotionales Verhalten; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Australien
Abstract	This study investigated the feasibility and cultural validity of KONTAKT©, a manualised social skills group training, in improving the social functioning of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). KONTAKT© was delivered to 17 adolescents (m[subscript age] = 14.09, SD[subscript age] = 1.43; 70% male) with ASD over sixteen 90 min sessions. A pre-test post-test design evaluated changes in personally meaningful social goals, symptom severity, quality of life, interpersonal efficacy, social anxiety, loneliness, and facial emotion recognition at pre, post and 3 months follow-up. Focus groups were conducted post intervention. Findings indicate that KONTAKT© may support Australian adolescents with ASD in achieving their personally meaningful social goals. This study resulted in finalisation of KONTAKT© in preparation for evaluation of its efficacy in a randomised controlled trial (Australian New Zealand Clinical Registry (ANZCTR): ACTRN12617001117303, ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03294668). (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01