title: Brief Report: Assessment of Intervention Effects on In Vivo Peer Interactions in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
abstract: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a randomized controlled trial of a social skills intervention, the Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS: Laugeson et al. in J Autism Dev Disord 39(4): 596-606, 2009), by coding digitally recorded social interactions between adolescent participants with ASD and a typically developing adolescent confederate. Adolescent participants engaged in a 10-min peer interaction at pre- and post-treatment. Interactions were coded using the Contextual Assessment of Social Skills (Ratto et al. in J Autism Dev Disord 41(9): 1277-1286, 2010). Participants who completed PEERS demonstrated significantly improved vocal expressiveness, as well as a trend toward improved overall quality of rapport, whereas participants in the waitlist group exhibited worse performance on these domains. The degree of this change was related to knowledge gained in PEERS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Marquette University, PO Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI, 53201-1881, USA. bridget.dolan@marquette.edu.
authors.forename: Bridget K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Dolan
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Marquette University, PO Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI, 53201-1881, USA.
authors.forename: Amy V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Van Hecke
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Marquette University, PO Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI, 53201-1881, USA.|Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Audrey M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Carson
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Marquette University, PO Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI, 53201-1881, USA.|Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Karst
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Marquette University, PO Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI, 53201-1881, USA.
authors.forename: Sheryl
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Marquette University, PO Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI, 53201-1881, USA.
authors.forename: Kirsten A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Schohl
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Marquette University, PO Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI, 53201-1881, USA.
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Potts
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Marquette University, PO Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI, 53201-1881, USA.
authors.forename: Jenna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kahne
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Marquette University, PO Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI, 53201-1881, USA.
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Linneman
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Marquette University, PO Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI, 53201-1881, USA.|University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.
authors.forename: Rheanna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Remmel
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Marquette University, PO Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI, 53201-1881, USA.
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hummel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D003210:Concept Formation; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D066107:Social Skills; D014705:Verbal Behavior
keywords: ASD; Adolescence; Autism; Friendships; In vivo; Intervention; Observational; PEERS; Social skills