Soares Erin E, Bausback Kimberly, Beard Charlotte L, Higinbotham Megan, Bunge Eduard L, Gengoux Grace W
Department of Clinical Psychology at the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, Palo Alto University, Palo Alto, USA.
Children and Adolescents Psychotherapy and Technology (CAPT), Palo Alto University, Palo Alto, USA.
J Technol Behav Sci. 2021;6(1):166-180. doi: 10.1007/s41347-020-00177-0. Epub 2020 Nov 17.
Social skills training (SST) for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has traditionally focused on face-to-face (F2F-SST) interventions. Recently, Behavioral Intervention Technologies (BITs-SST) have been utilized to target social skills deficits using computer-based programs, avatars, and therapeutic robots. The present meta-analysis reviews recent evidence and compares the efficacy of 14 F2F-SST and four identified BITs-SST intervention trials for youth with ASD. These preliminary analyses did not indicate significant differences between F2F-SST and BITs-SST, with effect sizes consistently in the medium to high range ( = 0.81 and = 0.93, respectively). These findings provide initial support for the continued investigation of BITs for providing SST to youth with ASD.
传统上，针对自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）的社交技能训练（SST）主要侧重于面对面（F2F-SST）干预。最近，行为干预技术（BITs-SST）已被用于通过基于计算机的程序、虚拟化身和治疗机器人来解决社交技能缺陷。本荟萃分析回顾了近期证据，并比较了14项针对患有ASD的青少年的F2F-SST和4项已确定的BITs-SST干预试验的疗效。这些初步分析并未表明F2F-SST和BITs-SST之间存在显著差异，效应大小始终处于中高范围（分别为0.81和0.93）。这些发现为继续研究将BITs用于为患有ASD的青少年提供SST提供了初步支持。
