Can findings from randomized controlled trials of social skills training in autism spectrum disorder be generalized? the neglected dimension of external validity

Autism

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 295-305

  Jonsson, Ulf ^a,b   Choque Olsson, Nora ^a,c   Bölte, Sven ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b National Board of Health and Welfare   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

child psychiatry; evidence based; methods; neurodevelopmental disorders; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERNAL VALIDITY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL COMPETENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL SKILLS;

EID: 84962534604     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361315583817     Document Type: Review

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