Rathjen / Foreyt Social Competence

Interventions for Children and Adults
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4831-5737-5
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Web PDF

Social Competence: Interventions for Children and Adults focuses on the relationship between the social abilities and interpersonal skills of people, taking into consideration their satisfaction and productivity. This book offers a summary of innovative and validated interventions specifically made to improve social competence among adults and children. This text first presents how physical characteristics and behavior are considered as determinants of social competence. The differences that language plays among adults and children relative to self-control are highlighted. The role that parents play in shaping the mental health of their children is also emphasized. In molding the social competence of children, training programs on social skills in the classroom are given importance. The programs include the development of interpersonal skills during a child's elementary school years. However, the development of such skills has not been traditionally thought as a responsibility of the education system. Social skills training program have been added to the program for patients suffering from psychomatic disorders, and this has been proven beneficial to them.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rathjen, Diana Pickett

Foreyt, John P.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Social Competence: Interventions for Children and Adults;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;Preface;8
6;Chapter 1. An Overview of Social Competence;12
6.1;Individual Perspective;15
6.2;Physical Characteristics;15
6.3;Behavioral Repertoires;18
6.4;Environmental Perspective;23
6.5;Interactional Perspective;25
6.6;References;30
7;Chapter 2. Developing Self-Control Through Training in Problem Solving: The"Think Aloud" Program;35
7.1;Developing the Program;37
7.2;Developing an Organized Approach to Problems;40
7.3;Decreasing Interfering Behavior;43
7.4;Increasing Independence;44
7.5;Increasing Repertory of Alternatives;44
7.6;Developing Skill with a Variety of Problems;47
7.7;Increasing Generalization to Real-Life Social Situations;50
7.8;Increasing the Repertory of Evaluation Strategies;55
7.9;Program Evaluation;61
7.10;References;63
8;Chapter 3. Real-Life Problem Solving For Parents and Children:An Approach to Social Competence;65
8.1;The Training Program;68
8.2;References;77
9;Chapter 4. Social Skills Training Programs in Elementary and High School Classrooms;80
9.1;Cognitive Factors;81
9.2;Behavioral Factors;83
9.3;Elementary School Intervention: Grades 3-6.;89
9.4;Social Skills Training With Adolescents;106
9.5;Summary;118
9.6;References;119
10;Chapter 5. Interpersonal Skills in the Schools: Assessment and Curriculum Development;124
10.1;The Identification of the Low Social Skill Child;126
10.2;Utilizing Assessment Results in Curriculum Development;132
10.3;Future Directions of Social Skills Training;138
10.4;Appendix;140
10.5;References;142
11;Chapter 6. Structured-Learning Therapy: Overview and Applications to Adolescents and Adults;144
11.1;Antecedents of Skill Training;145
11.2;Structured-Learning Therapy: Rationale;145
11.3;Structured-Learning Therapy: Procedures;147
11.4;Research Support and Implications;155
11.5;References;156
12;Chapter 7. Parent-Adolescent Conflict:A Skill-Training Approach;158
12.1;Overview of the Treatment Program;162
12.2;Procedures for Training;165
12.3;Assessment Methodology;166
12.4;Self-Report Inventories;170
12.5;Validation of Assessment Instruments;172
12.6;Factors Influencing the Success of Treatment;173
12.7;Research Evaluations;180
12.8;Future Directions;191
13;Appendix: Treatment Manual for Parent-Adolescent Conflict Program;196
13.1;Session One;196
13.2;Session Two;207
13.3;Sessions Three, Four, and Five;212
13.4;Session Six;215
13.5;Session Seven;219
13.6;Notes;220
13.7;References;220
14;Chapter 8. Couples Become Parents:A Behavioral SystemsAnalysis of Family Development;223
14.1;Background Literature;224
14.2;A Behavioral System Model of Marriage;229
14.3;Children as Contextual Disruptors;240
14.4;Clinical Implications;243
14.5;Summary;248
14.6;References;248
15;Chapter 9. Simulated Interaction Training: Applications to Returning College Students;254
15.1;The SIT Approach;255
15.2;Illustrative Scenarios and Rationales;257
15.3;The SIT Study;261
15.4;Conclusion;265
15.5;References;265
16;Chapter 10. Self-Reliance Training in Depression;266
16.1;Self-Reliance Training;267
16.2;Dependency and Depression;268
16.3;Correcting Cognitive Distortions;276
16.4;Sex Roles and Self-Reliance;278
16.5;Self-Reliance and Alcoholism;279
16.6;Summary;280
16.7;References;280
17;Chapter 11. Social Skills Training and Psychosomatic Disorders;282
17.1;Psychosomatic Disorders: Current Status of the Concept;283
17.2;Social Competence and Psychosomatic Disorders;289
17.3;The Present Study;291
17.4;References;307
18;Chapter 12. Social Power and the Elderly;313
18.1;Introduction;313
18.2;Social Problems and Aging;314
18.3;Social Skills Training;317
18.4;Summary;328
18.5;References;329
19;Author Index;333
20;Subject Index;340
21;Test Index;345
22;About the Editors;346
23;About the Contributors;347
24;Pergamon General Psychology Series;350