UAB AIM Virtual Magic Camp

Primary outcomes

1. Self Esteem

   Time frame: 2 weeks

   Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale: The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965) consists of 10 items quantifying participants' feelings about themselves on a 4-point scale (1=strongly agree; 4=strongly disagree). After taking into consideration the five reversed scored items, responses are totaled to form the summation score, ranging from 10 to 40, with the larger scores indicating higher self-esteem.

2. Strengths & Difficulties

   Time frame: 2 weeks

   SDQ is a screening tool for emotional and behavioral problems in children and adolescents aged 2 to 17 years (Stone, Otten, Engels, Vermulst, & Janssens, 2010). SDQ includes 25 items across 5 subscales. Each item is rated on a 3-point scale with 0=not true, 1=somewhat true, and 2=certainly true. Responses are totaled to form the summation score, ranging from 0-50, with higher scores indicating more emotional and behavioral problems.

3. Social Anxiety

   Time frame: 2 weeks

   The SAS is designed to assess feelings of social anxiety (avoidance, fears, or worries) experienced by children and adolescents in the context of their peer relations (La Greca & Lopez, 1998; La Greca & Stone, 1993). The SAS has 18 items divided into three subscales. Each item is rated on a 5-point Likert scale according to how much each item characterizes the specific feeling indicated (1 = not at all, 5 = all the time). Items from each subscale are summed so that high scores reflect greater levels of social anxiety.

4. Social Skills

   Time frame: 2 weeks

   The SSIS is designed to measure various aspects of social skills in children and adolescents who are suspected of having significant social difficulties (Gresham & Elliott, 2008). The Social Skills domain has 46 items and consists of seven subscales. Items are rated on a 4-point Likert scale by indicating how true each social skill is (0 = not true, 3 = very true), with lower scores indicating poorer social skill.

5. Social Responses

   Time frame: 2 weeks

   The SRS-2 is designed to measure various dimensions of interpersonal behavior, communication, and repetitive/stereotypic behavior associated with autism occurring in natural social settings (Constantino & Gruber, 2012). The SRS-2 is comprised of 65 items which are rated on a 4-point Likert scale, ranging from 1 = not true, to 4 = almost always true. Higher scores reflect a greater degree of social impairment.

6. Parental Stress

   Time frame: 2 weeks

   The SIPA is a 112-item measure assessing stress within the parent-adolescent relationship (Sheras et al., 1998). The first 90 items have response options on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = not sure, 4 = agree, 5 = strongly agree) and the remaining 22 items are yes (1) /no (0) questions pertaining to stressful life events the respondent may have experienced. Higher scores indicate higher levels of stress.