1. Does Adult-Directed Early Behavioral Intervention Improve Family Quality of Life? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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Duncan, Amanda and Shepley, Collin
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DIAGNOSIS of autism , *PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems , *WELL-being , *STATISTICS , *META-analysis , *EVALUATION of human services programs , *CONFIDENCE intervals , *SYSTEMATIC reviews , *RESEARCH methodology , *BEHAVIOR therapy , *FAMILIES , *HEALTH outcome assessment , *SELF-efficacy , *EARLY intervention (Education) , *QUALITY of life , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *MEDLINE , *FAMILY relations , *DATA analysis , *SCIENTIFIC errors , *PROBABILITY theory , *ADULTS - Abstract
For decades, researchers and providers of adult-directed early behavioral intervention services have made conceptual arguments linking the receipt of such services to improvements in family and family member quality of life. To date, there has not been a review of the literature to empirically evaluate this claim. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review and identified 15 studies contributing 40 effect sizes to evaluate the relationship between the receipt of early behavioral intervention and family quality of life. Our analyses did not detect that there was a robust and meaningful difference in the quality of life of families with a child that did and did not receive early behavioral intervention. Considerations to inform future research are presented; and implications are discussed with respect to parents, pediatricians, providers, and those involved in the public dissemination of evidence-based treatments for individuals with autism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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