Effects of a Computer-Based Intervention on Emotion Understanding in Children with Autism Spectrum Conditions.

Publisher: Springer Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 7904301 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1573-3432 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 01623257 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Autism Dev Disord Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: <2006- >: New York, NY : Springer
Original Publication: New York, Plenum Press.

Emotional Intelligence* ; Emotions* ; Internet-Based Intervention*; Autism Spectrum Disorder/*therapy ; Intellectual Disability/*therapy ; Psychotherapy/*methods; Adolescent ; Autism Spectrum Disorder/complications ; Autism Spectrum Disorder/psychology ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Humans ; Intellectual Disability/complications ; Intellectual Disability/psychology ; Male

This randomized controlled study evaluated a computer-based intervention on emotion understanding in 32 children with autism spectrum conditions with and without intellectual disability (ID) aged 7-15 years. The intervention group (n = 16) used the program for 12 h while the control group (n = 16) was not included in any intervention or training beside the usual educational curriculum. After controlling for pre-intervention scores and symptom severity, strong positive effects were observed in emotion recognition from real face photographs and pictograms, as well as in understanding situation-based emotion across both intellectual ability groups. The typical and ID intervention groups performed significantly better on all EU measures, compared to controls, at the level of feature based distant generalization.

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Keywords: Autism; Computer-based intervention; Emotion recognition; Emotion understanding; Facial expressions; Intellectual disability; Intervention

Date Created: 20190711 Date Completed: 20191219 Latest Revision: 20200225

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10.1007/s10803-019-04135-5

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