title: Brief report: parent-adolescent informant discrepancies of social skill importance and social skill engagement for higher-functioning adolescents with autism spectrum disorder.
abstract: Parent- and adolescent-report of social skill importance and social skill engagement on the Social Skills Rating System (Gresham and Elliott in The social skills rating system, American Guidance Service, Circle Pines, 1990) were assessed in higher-functioning adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Compared to parents, adolescents reported that social skills were less important. Additionally, adolescents reported that they engaged in social skills more frequently than parents reported them to be engaging in social skills. Parents, but not adolescents, reported a discrepancy between importance and engagement, such that the importance of social skills was rated higher than the frequency of adolescent engagement in social skills. These results suggest that social skills interventions for individuals with ASD may need to target awareness of social skill importance and accurate monitoring of social skill engagement.
authors.affiliation: 3C Institute, 4364 Alston Avenue, Suite 300, Durham, NC, 27713, USA. camillam@live.com.
authors.forename: Camilla M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: McMahon
authors.affiliation: M.I.N.D. Institute, University of California - Davis, 2825 50th Street, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA.
authors.forename: Marjorie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Solomon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D066107:Social Skills
keywords: Autism; Awareness; Informant discrepancy; Social Skills Rating System; Social skill engagement; Social skill importance