Brief Report: A Brief Video Intervention for Increasing Autism Knowledge in a General Population Sample

As many individuals in the general population will likely interact with autistic persons in various contexts, ensuring adequate autism knowledge and awareness is important. Increased knowledge of autism has been linked to positive outcomes such as a reduction in explicit bias against autism by non-a...

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Published in:Journal of autism and developmental disorders 2022-11, Vol.52 (11), p.5058-5063
Main Authors: Ha, Jennifer, McClain, Maryellen Brunson, Covington, Benjamin, Golson, Megan E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autism
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Autistic adults
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Bias
Brief interventions
Brief Report
Caregivers
Child and School Psychology
Clinical trials
College students
Consciousness Raising
Educational Technology
Health education
Health literacy
Information Dissemination
Intervention
Knowledge
Law enforcement
Management
Mass Instruction
Methods
Neurosciences
Outcomes of Education
Pediatrics
Population
Professionals
Program Effectiveness
Psychology
Public Health
Quality of service
Social aspects
Stigma
Video Technology
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Summary:As many individuals in the general population will likely interact with autistic persons in various contexts, ensuring adequate autism knowledge and awareness is important. Increased knowledge of autism has been linked to positive outcomes such as a reduction in explicit bias against autism by non-autistic adults and an increase in service quality for autistic individuals provided by indirect professionals. For this study we developed an informational video about autism and employed a randomized control trial to evaluate its effectiveness at increasing autism awareness in a general population sample. Participants were randomly assigned to the intervention ( n  = 80) or active control group ( n  = 72). Results from a repeated measures analysis of variance indicated that the video intervention was effective at increasing knowledge about autism. Results from this study can be applied to future educational efforts aimed at increasing awareness about autism among the general population.
ISSN:0162-3257
1573-3432
DOI:10.1007/s10803-021-05341-w