Improving the Social-Behavioral Adjustment of Adolescents: The Effectiveness of a Social Skills Group Intervention

被引:20
作者
Harrell, Amanda W. [1 ]
Mercer, Sterett H. [1 ]
DeRosier, Melissa E. [1 ]
机构
[1] 3C Inst Social Dev, Cary, NC 27513 USA
关键词
Adolescent; Social skills; Group intervention; Internalizing & externalizing behavior; SELF-ESTEEM; FRIENDSHIP QUALITY; PEER-GROUPS; CHILDHOOD; CHILDREN; SCHOOL; COMPETENCE; DEPRESSION; PREDICTION; HEALTHY;
D O I
10.1007/s10826-008-9241-y
中图分类号
D669 [社会生活与社会问题]; C913 [社会生活与社会问题];
学科分类号
1204 ;
摘要
We evaluated the efficacy of a social skills training intervention designed to improve adolescents' social, emotional and behavioral adjustment, Social Skills Group Intervention-Adolescent (S. S. GRIN-A). Seventy-four adolescents (ages 13-16 years) and their parents were randomly assigned to either the treatment group (N = 40) or a wait-list control group (N = 34). Adolescents in the treatment and control groups were compared on global self-concept, social self-efficacy, internalizing problems, and externalizing problems pre- and post-intervention. Youth in the treatment group demonstrated enhanced global self-concept, increased social self-efficacy, and decreased internalizing problems as compared to youth in the control group. No differences in externalizing behavior were found. We discuss the effectiveness of S. S. GRIN-A as a general program designed for addressing a range of adjustment issues and social skill deficits in adolescents.
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页码:378 / 387
页数:10
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