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JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
Volume 52, Issue 1, Pages 169-188Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-021-04934-9
Keywords
Autism Spectrum Disorder; ASD; Video games; EHealth; Training; Children; Cognition
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- Instituto de Salud Carlos III [ISCIII CM19/00026]
- Conchita Rabago Foundation
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Video game-based interventions show effectiveness in alleviating ASD symptoms with high acceptability and treatment adherence rates, suggesting a promising area for improving the treatment of children with ASD. Exploring commercial video games is a potential avenue for future research.
Video games are a promising area of intervention for children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). However, reviews on this topic are scarce. This review on studies exploring video games for the treatment of ASD followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, and its protocol was registered in PROSPERO. PubMed, PsycInfo, Embase, WebOfScience and clinicaltrials.gov databases were searched. Twenty-four articles were included in the review. Video game-based interventions were effective for alleviating ASD symptoms, albeit with small effect sizes. High rates of acceptability and adherence to treatment were obtained. Conclusion: Video games are a promising area for improving the treatment of children with ASD. Exploring commercial video games is one of the lines for future research.
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