Autism
Areas of Clinical Need for Autistic Youth
History of Therapy for Autistic Youth
Meta-analyses of Psychotherapy for Autistic Youth
Purpose Statement
Research Questions
Methods
Search Strategy and Study Selection
Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
Study Coding
Study Code Sheets
Group Code Sheets
Measure Code Sheets
Data Analysis
Effect Size Calculation
Multi-level Meta-analytic Approach
Results
Study Pool
First Author Last Name | Year | Age Range | Mean Age | Intervention Category |
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Andrews [46] | 2013 | 7–12 | 9.02 | CBT |
Bass [47] | 2009 | 4–10 | 7.34 | Other |
Chan [48] | 2013 | 6–17 | 11.85 | Other |
Gabriels [49] | 2015 | 6–16 | 10.2 | Other |
Gordon [50] | 2015 | 9–14 | 11.45 | Other |
Kasari [35] | 2012 | 6–11 | 8.14 | BIT |
Keehn [51] | 2013 | 8–14 | 11.26 | CBT |
Koning [52] | 2013 | 10–12 | 11.07 | CBT |
Maskey [53] | 2019 | 8–14 | 10.79 | CBT |
Owens [54] | 2008 | 6–11 | 8.18 | Other |
Reaven [55] | 2012 | 7–14 | 10.44 | CBT |
Rice [34] | 2015 | 5–11 | 7.77 | BIT |
Santomauro [56] | 2016 | 13–18 | 15.75 | CBT |
Sofronoff [57] | 2005 | 10–12 | 10.64 | CBT |
Sofronoff [8] | 2007 | 10–14 | 10.78 | CBT |
Solomon [33] | 2008 | 5–12 | 8.15 | BIT |
Soorya [58] | 2015 | 8–11 | 9.96 | CBT |
Storch [59] | 2013 | 7–11 | 8.89 | CBT |
Storch [60] | 2015 | 11–16 | 12.74 | CBT |
Sung [61] | 2011 | 9–16 | 11.21 | CBT |
Waugh [62] | 2015 | 6–13 | 9 | CBT |
Weiss [63] | 2018 | 8–12 | 9.75 | CBT |
White [64] | 2013 | 12–17 | 14.58 | CBT |
Wijnhoven [65] | 2020 | 8–16 | 11.1 | CBT |
Wood [66] | 2009 | 7–11 | 9.2 | CBT |
Wood [40] | 2014 | 7–11 | 8.8 | CBT |
Wood [1] | 2015 | 11–15 | 12.3 | CBT |
Wood [17] | 2020 | 7–13 | 9.9 | CBT |
Wood [67] | 2021 | 6–13 | 9.56 | CBT |
Posttreatment Results
Clinical areas of need | Types of psychotherapy | ||||
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Cognitive behavioral therapy | Behaviorally-informed therapy | Other | Total | ||
Externalizing problems | Number of measures | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
Number of studies | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
Mean effect | 0.32 | – | – | 0.59 | |
Internalizing problems | Number of measures | 51 | 1 | 3 | 55 |
Number of studies | 15 | 1 | 2 | 18 | |
Mean effect | 0.45 | – | – | 0.43 | |
Repetitive behavior | Number of measures | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Number of studies | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
Mean Effect | – | – | – | − 0.02 | |
Peer social engagement | Number of measures | 14 | 8 | 7 | 29 |
Number of studies | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
Mean effect | 0.15 | 0.05 | 0.25 | 0.15 | |
Social communication | Number of measures | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
Number of studies | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
Mean effect | 0.37 | – | 0.28 | 0.28 | |
Self-care | Number of measures | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Number of studies | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Mean effect | – | – | – | – | |
Autism-related clinical needs | Number of measures | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
Number of studies | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
Mean effect | 0.81 | – | – | 0.70 | |
General mental health | Number of measures | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
Number of studies | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
mean effect | 0.78 | – | – | 0.63 | |
Total | Number of measures | 85 | 19 | 25 | 133 |
Number of studies | 21 | 3 | 5 | 29 | |
Mean effect | 0.42 | 0.49 | 0.24 | 0.38 |