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Increasing social skills and decreasing anxiety in adolscents with asperger syndrome

Loudon, Jennifer L.

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2008, PHD, Kent State University, College of Education, Health, and Human Services / Department of Educational Foundations and Special Services.
The study evaluated the use of social groups, social narratives, and video modeling to increase social skills in adolescents diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome. The study employed a single subject, multiple baseline design to determine the effects of the three different interventions on the performance of social skills within a school setting. A literature review evaluated previous studies that used the interventions independently. The researcher investigated the sequence of interventions and determined that the order the interventions were presented did not have an effect on the performance of skills. The study also evaluated the anxiety levels of the participants and investigated whether an increase in social skill performance influenced anxiety levels of the individuals. Findings support the use of the interventions and revealed a potentially associated decrease in anxiety levels after intervention phase.
Dr. Lyle Barton (Committee Co-Chair)
Dr. Penny Griffith (Committee Co-Chair)
Dr. Lisa Audet (Committee Member)
Dr. Karla Anhalt (Committee Member)
118 p.

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  • Loudon, J. L. (2008). Increasing social skills and decreasing anxiety in adolscents with asperger syndrome [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1226966387

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Loudon, Jennifer. Increasing social skills and decreasing anxiety in adolscents with asperger syndrome. 2008. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1226966387.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Loudon, Jennifer. "Increasing social skills and decreasing anxiety in adolscents with asperger syndrome." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1226966387

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)