Effectiveness, durability, and clinical correlates of the PEERS social skills intervention in young adults with autism spectrum disorder: the first evidence outside North America.

Yi-Ling ChienWen-Che TsaiWen-Hao ChenChi-Liang YangSusan Shur-Fen GauWei-Tsuen SoongElizabeth LaugesonYen-Nan Chiu

Published in: Psychological medicine (2021)

Overall, the PEERS intervention appears to effectively improve social functioning in Taiwanese young adults with ASD. Improvement of social response and knowledge may be predicted by baseline severity and intelligence respectively.

Keyphrases

randomized controlled trial
healthcare
young adults
mental health
autism spectrum disorder
systematic review
intellectual disability