Play Skills of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Meta-Analysis of Single-Subject Studies
REVIEW JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS, sa.Open Access, ss.1-21, 2026 (SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Basım Tarihi: 2026
- Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s40489-026-00551-3
- Dergi Adı: REVIEW JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Education Abstracts, ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Psycinfo
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-21
- Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The purpose of this review was to examine studies that focused on play skills in children with autism and to calculate effect sizes. A total of 23 articles were analyzed according to the What Works Clearinghouse standards for single-subject research, and Tau-U was calculated. As a result of the review, 19 of the studies met the qualitative standards with reservations and 4 met the standards without reservations. The effect sizes of all studies were calculated as 16 very large effect, 6 large effect and 1 moderate effect. The results of the review show that although most of the studies met the qualitative criteria with reservations, they had strong effect sizes.