title: Brief report: relationship between self-awareness of real-world behavior and treatment outcome in autism spectrum disorders.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to investigate the influence of self-awareness of real-world behavior on treatment outcome in adolescents with ASD. For this purpose we followed 28 adolescents with ASD during their first year of specialized treatment. Results showed that better self-awareness at start of treatment was related with an increase in clinician-reported social functioning after 1 year of treatment. Additionally, an increase in self-awareness during treatment was related with a decrease of parent-reported problems in daily functioning. However, an increase in self-awareness was also related to an increase of self-reported daily and psychological problems. It is discussed that lowered self-awareness may result in an overestimation of personal real-world functioning and consequently may influence treatment course.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Psychology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands. l.verhoeven@leokannerhuis.nl
authors.forename: E W M
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Verhoeven
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Marijnissen
authors.forename: H J C
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oudshoorn
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van der Sijde
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Teunisse
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D001364:Awareness; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002648:Child; D002659:Child Development Disorders, Pervasive / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012938:Social Perception; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult