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Jonsson, Ulf; Olsson, Nora Choque; Bölte, Sven – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
Systematic reviews have traditionally focused on internal validity, while external validity often has been overlooked. In this study, we systematically reviewed determinants of external validity in the accumulated randomized controlled trials of social skills group interventions for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. We…
Descriptors: Autism, Interpersonal Competence, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Intervention
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Mandy, William; Charman, Tony; Puura, Kaija; Skuse, David – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
The recent "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fifth Edition" ("DSM-5") reformulation of autism spectrum disorder has received empirical support from North American and UK samples. Autism spectrum disorder is an increasingly global diagnosis, and research is needed to discover how well it generalises beyond…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Models
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Achenbach, Thomas M.; Rescorla, Leslie A.; Ivanova, Masha Y. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2012
Objectives: To review international findings on the prevalence of diagnosed disorders, generalizability of dimensional scales, and distributions of dimensional scores for school-age children and to address the conceptual and clinical issues raised by the findings. Method: A review of findings for interviews (Development and Well-Being Assessment,…
Descriptors: Epidemiology, Psychopathology, Children, Adolescents
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Johnson, Doris J.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1978
The article examines characteristics, diagnosis, and treatment of learning disabled adolescents from a clinical perspective. (PHR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Clinical Diagnosis, Concept Formation