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Effects of Dance Movement Therapy on Adult Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial

This study examines the effects of dance movement therapy (DMT) on empathy for adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). DMT based on the embodiment approach offers body-centered interventions, such as mirroring techniques, to address the needs of ASD patients. Accordingly, findings of a feasibili...

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Autores principales: Mastrominico, Anna, Fuchs, Thomas, Manders, Elizabeth, Steffinger, Lena, Hirjak, Dusan, Sieber, Maik, Thomas, Elisabeth, Holzinger, Anja, Konrad, Ariane, Bopp, Nina, Koch, Sabine C.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6071290/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29966313
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs8070061
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author Mastrominico, Anna
Fuchs, Thomas
Manders, Elizabeth
Steffinger, Lena
Hirjak, Dusan
Sieber, Maik
Thomas, Elisabeth
Holzinger, Anja
Konrad, Ariane
Bopp, Nina
Koch, Sabine C.
author_facet Mastrominico, Anna
Fuchs, Thomas
Manders, Elizabeth
Steffinger, Lena
Hirjak, Dusan
Sieber, Maik
Thomas, Elisabeth
Holzinger, Anja
Konrad, Ariane
Bopp, Nina
Koch, Sabine C.
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description This study examines the effects of dance movement therapy (DMT) on empathy for adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). DMT based on the embodiment approach offers body-centered interventions, such as mirroring techniques, to address the needs of ASD patients. Accordingly, findings of a feasibility study suggest that DMT may be an effective approach for clients on the ASD spectrum. The present study is a randomized controlled trial that was conducted as a multicenter study within the framework of the EU-funded research project TESIS (Toward an Embodied Science of Intersubjectivity), and employed a two-factorial between-subject design. The treatment group (n = 35) participated in a 10-week manualized DMT intervention, whereas the control group (n = 22) received treatment only after a waiting period. Empathy, measured with the Cognitive and Emotional Empathy Questionnaire (CEEQ), was the main variable of interest, analyzed by a repeated measures analysis of variance. In order to also include incomplete data cases, we used the expectation-maximization algorithm for missing data estimation. Results suggest no significant changes in overall empathy between groups. We discuss the results and limitations, as well as future research options.
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spelling pubmed-60712902018-08-09 Effects of Dance Movement Therapy on Adult Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial Mastrominico, Anna Fuchs, Thomas Manders, Elizabeth Steffinger, Lena Hirjak, Dusan Sieber, Maik Thomas, Elisabeth Holzinger, Anja Konrad, Ariane Bopp, Nina Koch, Sabine C. Behav Sci (Basel) Article This study examines the effects of dance movement therapy (DMT) on empathy for adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). DMT based on the embodiment approach offers body-centered interventions, such as mirroring techniques, to address the needs of ASD patients. Accordingly, findings of a feasibility study suggest that DMT may be an effective approach for clients on the ASD spectrum. The present study is a randomized controlled trial that was conducted as a multicenter study within the framework of the EU-funded research project TESIS (Toward an Embodied Science of Intersubjectivity), and employed a two-factorial between-subject design. The treatment group (n = 35) participated in a 10-week manualized DMT intervention, whereas the control group (n = 22) received treatment only after a waiting period. Empathy, measured with the Cognitive and Emotional Empathy Questionnaire (CEEQ), was the main variable of interest, analyzed by a repeated measures analysis of variance. In order to also include incomplete data cases, we used the expectation-maximization algorithm for missing data estimation. Results suggest no significant changes in overall empathy between groups. We discuss the results and limitations, as well as future research options. MDPI 2018-06-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6071290/ /pubmed/29966313 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs8070061 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Mastrominico, Anna
Fuchs, Thomas
Manders, Elizabeth
Steffinger, Lena
Hirjak, Dusan
Sieber, Maik
Thomas, Elisabeth
Holzinger, Anja
Konrad, Ariane
Bopp, Nina
Koch, Sabine C.
Effects of Dance Movement Therapy on Adult Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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title_full Effects of Dance Movement Therapy on Adult Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial
title_fullStr Effects of Dance Movement Therapy on Adult Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial
title_full_unstemmed Effects of Dance Movement Therapy on Adult Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial
title_short Effects of Dance Movement Therapy on Adult Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial
title_sort effects of dance movement therapy on adult patients with autism spectrum disorder: a randomized controlled trial
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6071290/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29966313
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs8070061
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