Social Skills Training for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Children Aged 5 to 18 Years
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Storebo, O. J., Elmose Andersen, M., et al. (2019).
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 6, CD008223.
This meta-analysis investigates the effect of social skills training in children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This article is an update of Storebo, et al. (2011). Please see the Notes on This Article section below for the full citation.
Cochrane Collaboration; CopenhagenTrial Unit (Denmark); Research Library, Psychiatric Research Unit, Region Zealand (Denmark); University of Southern Denmark
This article is an update from:<br /><br />
<div style="padding-left: 40px;">Storebø, O.J., Skoog, M., Damm, D., Thomsen, P.H., Simonsen, E., & Gluud, C. (2011). Social skills training for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children aged 5 to 18 years. <em>Cochrane Database Systematic Reviews, 2011</em>. (12). doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008223.pub2.</div>
Inception to July 11, 2018
Randomized controlled trials
45 studies for the narrative synthesis; 24 studies for the meta-analysis
Social skills training was indicated to have no effect on social skills, emotional competencies, and general behavior in children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). A secondary analysis indicated social skills training to have a favorable and clinically useful effects on ADHD symptoms (SMD=-0.39 [-0.63, -0.15]), but more evidence is needed.
