Bridging research and practice: a pilot trial of an adapted social skills program for autism in public services.

Front Psychiatry · 2025 · PMC12712509 · PMID 41425817

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did not reach statistical significancep = .067so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Moreover, a difference that approached but did not reach statistical significance between groups was observed for smiles (F = 3.73, p = .067).

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marginally significantp = .083so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Results from the ANOVA did not show significant differences between groups after the intervention; however, the experimental group showed a marginally significant increase in eye contact (F = 3.17; p = .083; effect size = 0.079) and the control group demonstrated a decrease in functional communication ( M Pre = 16.08, M Post = 11.31).

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