TY - JOUR
PY - 2018//
TI - Effects of theory of mind performance training on reducing bullying involvement in children and adolescents with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder
JO - PLoS one
A1 - Liu, Meng-Jung
A1 - Ma, Le-Yin
A1 - Chou, Wen-Jiun
A1 - Chen, Yu-Min
A1 - Liu, Tai-Ling
A1 - Hsiao, Ray C.
A1 - Hu, Huei-Fan
A1 - Yen, Cheng-Fang
SP - e0191271
EP - e0191271
VL - 13
IS - 1
N2 - Bullying involvement is prevalent among children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study examined the effects of theory of mind performance training (ToMPT) on reducing bullying involvement in children and adolescents with high-functioning ASD. Children and adolescents with high-functioning ASD completed ToMPT (n = 26) and social skills training (SST; n = 23) programs. Participants in both groups and their mothers rated the pretraining and posttraining bullying involvement of participants on the Chinese version of the School Bullying Experience Questionnaire. The paired t test was used to evaluate changes in bullying victimization and perpetration between the pretraining and posttraining assessments. Furthermore, the linear mixed-effect model was used to examine the difference in the training effect between the ToMPT and SST groups. The paired t test indicated that in the ToMPT group, the severities of both self-reported (p =.039) and mother-reported (p =.003) bullying victimization significantly decreased from the pretraining to posttraining assessments, whereas in the SST group, only self-reported bullying victimization significantly decreased (p =.027). The linear mixed-effect model indicated that compared with the SST program, the ToMPT program significantly reduced the severity of mother-reported bullying victimization (p =.041). The present study supports the effects of ToMPT on reducing mother-reported bullying victimization in children and adolescents with high-functioning ASD. Language: en
LA - en
SN - 1932-6203
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191271
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