Effectiveness of play-based empathy training on social skills in students with Autistic Spectrum Disorders | Zendy

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Effectiveness of play-based empathy training on social skills in students with Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Author(s) -

fahimeh kazemi,

Abbas Abolghasemi

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

archives of psychiatry and psychotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21

H-Index - 11

eISSN - 2083-828X

pISSN - 1509-2046

DOI - 10.12740/app/105490

Subject(s) - empathy , autism , psychology , social skills , autistic spectrum , clinical psychology , population , intervention (counseling) , developmental psychology , psychiatry , medicine , environmental health

Materials and Methods: It was a preliminary study with the pretest-posttest design, and a control group. The statistical population consisted all students with autism spectrum disorders in Rasht city in academic year 2016-17. The sample included 8 students selected via available sampling method put randomly into the experimental (N=4) and control group (N=4). After taking the pretest through Social Skills Assessment (stone et al, 2010), the experimental group participated in 18 45-minutes sessions of play-based empathy training, while the control group received no intervention. At the end, the posttest was performed on both groups.

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