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Football as an Alternative to Work on the Development of Social Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder with Level 1
Given the characteristics of people with Autism Spectrum Disorder, it is evident the difficulties they show in the development of social skills. The scarce participation of people with Autism Spectrum Disorder in group sports can be taken as a reference. The aim of this study was to analyse the impa...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8614793/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34821620 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs11110159 |
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author | Lopez-Diaz, Jose Maria Felgueras Custodio, Nerea Garrote Camarena, Inmaculada |
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description | Given the characteristics of people with Autism Spectrum Disorder, it is evident the difficulties they show in the development of social skills. The scarce participation of people with Autism Spectrum Disorder in group sports can be taken as a reference. The aim of this study was to analyse the impact of football on the development of social skills in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. In order to measure the sporting impact, it was necessary to implement a football training programme with the intention of evaluating different social skills. Thirteen children participated in the programme, all of them with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder and with a severity level of 1. The study was based on a pre-experimental, pre-test/post-test design. Non-parametric tests were used for the statistical analysis, applying the Wilcoxon test. Two specific tools on social skills were used for data collection. The results showed a generalised improvement in the dimensions linked to the social skills assessed. This highlights the possibility of considering group sport as an alternative to be taken into account to work on and enhance social skills in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. |
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spelling | pubmed-86147932021-11-26 Football as an Alternative to Work on the Development of Social Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder with Level 1 Lopez-Diaz, Jose Maria Felgueras Custodio, Nerea Garrote Camarena, Inmaculada Behav Sci (Basel) Article Given the characteristics of people with Autism Spectrum Disorder, it is evident the difficulties they show in the development of social skills. The scarce participation of people with Autism Spectrum Disorder in group sports can be taken as a reference. The aim of this study was to analyse the impact of football on the development of social skills in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. In order to measure the sporting impact, it was necessary to implement a football training programme with the intention of evaluating different social skills. Thirteen children participated in the programme, all of them with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder and with a severity level of 1. The study was based on a pre-experimental, pre-test/post-test design. Non-parametric tests were used for the statistical analysis, applying the Wilcoxon test. Two specific tools on social skills were used for data collection. The results showed a generalised improvement in the dimensions linked to the social skills assessed. This highlights the possibility of considering group sport as an alternative to be taken into account to work on and enhance social skills in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. MDPI 2021-11-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8614793/ /pubmed/34821620 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs11110159 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Lopez-Diaz, Jose Maria Felgueras Custodio, Nerea Garrote Camarena, Inmaculada Football as an Alternative to Work on the Development of Social Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder with Level 1 |
title | Football as an Alternative to Work on the Development of Social Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder with Level 1 |
title_full | Football as an Alternative to Work on the Development of Social Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder with Level 1 |
title_fullStr | Football as an Alternative to Work on the Development of Social Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder with Level 1 |
title_full_unstemmed | Football as an Alternative to Work on the Development of Social Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder with Level 1 |
title_short | Football as an Alternative to Work on the Development of Social Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder with Level 1 |
title_sort | football as an alternative to work on the development of social skills in children with autism spectrum disorder with level 1 |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8614793/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34821620 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs11110159 |
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