Group Therapy for Japanese University Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by social impairment and circumscribed and repetitive behavior and interests. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of group therapy, which was designed to enhance university-related behavior, in Japanese university students with high-functioning ASD, based on their specific social, communication and emotional needs. The participants included 11 students with ASD aged between 19 and 24 (mean 21.0) years. A single-group, pre-post-intervention design was implemented in the study. The Clinical global Impressions-Severity scale, Beck Depression Inventory, State Trait Anxiety Inventory, and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Inventory Scale were completed before and after group therapy. The results showed significant post intervention improvements in depressive symptom, anxiety, and self-esteem, indicating that the group therapy was effective for students with ASD.
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Individual and group cognitive behavioural therapy combined with recreational activities showed significant improvements in depression, state anxiety and self-esteem in Autistic students, but no change in trait anxiety scores.
“Individual and group cognitive behavioural therapy combined with recreational activities showed signi fi cant improvements in psychological measures which were depression, state (situational) anxiety and self-esteem in Autistic students, but no change in trait (stable characteristic) anxiety scores (Furuhashi, 2017).”
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The Procedure (section 2.2) describes group CBT combined with recreational activities, and the Results (section 3.2) report significant improvements in depression, state anxiety, and self-esteem, but no significant change in trait anxiety. The paper does not report individual CBT as part of the intervention. Its single-group, pre-post design also cannot establish that the intervention caused the improvements. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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- Authors
- Furuhashi, Y.
- Affiliations
- Shizuoka University (JP)
- Corresponding author
- Furuhashi, Yuko
- Venue
- Psychology
- Publisher
- Scientific Research Publishing, Inc.
- Published
- 2017
- Volume
- 08
- Issue
- 05
- Pages
- 771-780
- ISSN
- 2152-7180 (ISSN-L)
- 2152-7199
- OpenAlex
- W2602726627
- Cited by
- 6
- References
- 30
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 0.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Locations
- Psychology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (26381317)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychological Treatments and Assessments
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Keywords
- autism spectrum disorder, group therapy, university students, high-functioning autism, social skills, communication, emotional needs, depression, anxiety, self-esteem, Japanese adults
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