Corbett, Blythe A. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2165-8015
Key, Alexandra P. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2669-8334
Klemencic, Mark E. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8722-6808
Muscatello, Rachael A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9862-1686
Jones, Dorita
Pilkington, Jennifer
Burroughs, Christina http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3569-9643
Vandekar, Simon http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7457-9073
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Mental Health (R33 MH120149)
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (UL1 TR000445)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (P50 HD103537)
Article History
Accepted: 5 December 2023
First Online: 18 December 2023
Declarations
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: Blythe Corbett is the founder of SENSE TheatreĀ® 501(c)(3) but does not derive any financial compensation from the organization. The other authors declare no conflicts of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: Few treatments exist to target social competence in adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The present study provides preliminary evidence for a peer-mediated, theatre-based treatment to enhance salience of social stimuli and generalized effects on social functioning in adults with ASD.