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ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Virtual Reality Training of Social Skills in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Examination of Acceptability, Usability, User Experience, Social Skills, and Executive Functions.

Panagiotis Kourtesis, Evangelia-Chrysanthi Kouklari, Petros Roussos, Vasileios Mantas, Katerina Papanikolaou, Christos Skaloumbakas, Artemios Pehlivanidis

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Article in Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Panagiotis KourtesisDepartment of Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 157 84 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-2914-1064
Evangelia-Chrysanthi KouklariDepartment of Child Psychiatry, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 115 27 Athens, Greece.
Petros RoussosDepartment of Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 157 84 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-1465-2117
Vasileios Mantas1st Department of Psychiatry, Eginition Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 115 28 Athens, Greece.
Katerina PapanikolaouDepartment of Child Psychiatry, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 115 27 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-5774-5375
Christos SkaloumbakasDepartment of Child Psychiatry, P. & A. Kyriakou Children's Hospital, 115 28 Athens, Greece.
Artemios Pehlivanidis1st Department of Psychiatry, Eginition Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 115 28 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-3328-6258

Funding

European Union and Greek National Fund T1EDK-01248
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Poor social skills in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are associated with reduced independence in daily life. Current interventions for improving the social skills of individuals with ASD fail to represent the complexity of real-life social settings and situations. Virtual reality (VR) may facilitate social skills training in social environments and situations similar to those in real life; however, more research is needed to elucidate aspects such as the acceptability, usability, and user experience of VR systems in ASD. Twenty-five participants with ASD attended a neuropsychological evaluation and three sessions of VR social skills training, which incorporated five social scenarios with three difficulty levels. Participants reported high acceptability, system usability, and user experience. Significant correlations were observed between performance in social scenarios, self-reports, and executive functions. Working memory and planning ability were significant predictors of the functionality level in ASD and the VR system's perceived usability, respectively. Yet, performance in social scenarios was the best predictor of usability, acceptability, and functionality level. Planning ability substantially predicted performance in social scenarios, suggesting an implication in social skills. Immersive VR social skills training in individuals with ASD appears to be an appropriate service, but an errorless approach that is adaptive to the individual's needs should be preferred.

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acceptabilityautismexecutive functionspromptssocial cognitionsocial skillstrainingusabilityuser experiencevirtual reality

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PMID37102850
PMCPMC10136366

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