Comparing Two Different Emotion Therapies for Autistic Youth and Young Adults

The EDI does not have a single overall score. It is comprised of two scales: Reactivity and Dysphoria. Items are on a 0 to 4 scale, where 0 is Never happens and 4 is Almost always happens or causes a serious problem. There are clinical cutoffs for both scales.

Weiner's is a widely used 12-item battery of three scales assessing intervention acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility with strong psychometric properties. There is a 1 to 5 scale, where 1 is Completely disagree and 5 is Completely agree. Higher scores indicate greater acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility.

It assesses both knowledge (of protocol) and confidence (in one's ability to implement as intended). It is a 0-10 scale, where 0 is not at all confident and 10 is extremely confident. Higher scores indicate higher confidence.

The CGI will be used as a measure of overall improvement. The CGI was designed to measure overall symptomatic change at a specific time as compared to baseline that is completed by a rater who is blind to treatment assignment. Scores range from 1 (Very Much Improved) to 4 (Unchanged) to 7 (Very Much Worse). It is only a single item, and lower scores indicate more improvement.

It is a brief, change sensitive 8 item measure. It is a 1-5 scale, where 1 is Never and 5 is Always.

It is a brief, change sensitive 8 item measure. It is a 1-5 scale, where 1 is Never and 5 is Always.

27-item self-report measure of general aggression, physical aggression, verbal aggression, anger, and hostility. It is a 1-7 scale, where 1 is Extremely uncharacteristic of me and 7 is Extremely characteristic of me.

ERQ-CA has10 items that comprise of two scales: cognitive reappraisal use and expressive suppression, which are two regulatory strategies considered adaptive and protective in terms of mental health. It is a 1-7 scale, where 1 is Strongly disagree and 7 is Strongly agree.

CAMM is a 10-item self-report measure of mindfulness. It is a 0-4 scale, where 0 is Never true and 4 is Always true. When scoring, you reverse all scores (i.e. 0 to 4) and then sum. Higher scores correspond to higher levels of mindfulness.

WHOQoL-BREF-ID is a simplified version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life. It has a 3 or 5 point visual response scale, where 1 is Not at all and 5 is Totally.

Satisfaction was Life Scale is a 5-item measure of global life satisfaction. It is a 1-7 scale, where 1 is Strongly disagree and 7 is Strongly agree.

Self-Compassion Scale - Youth Version consists of 17 self-report items ranked on a 5-point Likert scale, yielding six subscales (self-kindness, self-judgment, common humanity, isolation, mindfulness, over-identification) and an overall score. 1 is Almost Never and 5 Almost Always.

REALS Measures are a compilation of scales tapping many areas of adult life. Each scale is scored independently and should be utilized as different sources of information. It does not produce a global outcome score. With the frequency scales, it is a 0-4 scale where 0 is Never and 4 is Always.

It is 9 item scale that assesses aspects of life satisfaction for autistic individuals. It is a scale from strongly disagree to strongly agree.

It is a 14-item self-report measure of autistic burnout. It is a scale from strongly disagree to strongly agree.

It will assess treatment expectancy and rationale for the assessed treatments.

This is a 9-item self-report questionnaire for screening, diagnosing, monitoring and measuring the severity of depression, that includes an item that is widely utilized as an index of suicidal ideation severity. Each item is rated on a scale from Rarely or not at all to Almost every day. Higher scores would relate to higher depression.

ISAS is a continuous self-report measure of self-injurious behaviors. It is the most commonly used measure of self-injury. Higher numbers in Section 1 would indicate more self-injurious behaviors.

WAI is a clinician-report measure assessing the therapeutic alliance between the client/participant and the clinician. The measure is 12 items, rated on a 5-point scale.

VTAS-R-SF is an observational measure of alliance and consists of five items to capture the strength of the perceived support and trust, participation, and agreement on tasks and goals between client and therapist. Each item is rated 0-5, and higher scores mean more alliance. The measure is used for coding videos or audio files of the therapy sessions. It will be completed twice with each participant but the timepoint is randomized (one randomized session from the first half of therapy and one randomized session from the second half of therapy).

Child Involvement Rating Scale is a 10-item, 6-point observational scale to rate involvement and engagement during therapy. The first 6 items rate positive involvement where 0 is not at all and 5 is a great deal. The last 4 items rate negative involvement where 0 is not at all and 5 is a great deal. The measure is used for coding videos or audio files of the therapy sessions. The measure will be completed twice with each participant but the timepoint is randomized (one randomized session from the first half of therapy and one randomized session from the second half of therapy).