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JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
Volume 52, Issue 1, Pages 150-168Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-021-04927-8
Keywords
Children; Autism spectrum disorders; Anxiety symptoms; Video game; Cognitive-behavioral therapy
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- Innovation Foundation Health Insurers, Research and Innovation Foundation of GGZ Oost Brabant and Behavioral Science Institute of the Radboud University in Nijmegen
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The study found that cognitive behavioral therapy did not have a specific additive effect in decreasing anxiety of children with ASD playing the video game Mindlight, but some children did experience a stabilization in anxiety levels during CBT sessions.
The aim of the present study was to examine the additive effect of elements of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) on the video game Mindlight in decreasing anxiety of children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A non-concurrent multiple baseline design with 8 children with ASD in the age of 8-12 was used. CBT did not have the hypothesized additive effect on Mindlight in decreasing anxiety of children with ASD. Instead, multiple participants already experienced a decrease in anxiety during the Mindlight sessions. Yet, several participants did experience a stabilization in anxiety at a low level during the CBT sessions. For now, it can be concluded that CBT does not have an additive effect on Mindlight.
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