Social skills training for an unassertive adolescent

An adolescent was trained to be more assertive through use of a social skills training program consisting of instruction, feedback, behavior rehearsal, and modeling by adult role models. The training program was applied to three component behaviors of assertiveness-requests for new behaviors, ratio...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of clinical child psychology 1979-03, Vol.8 (1), p.18-21
Hauptverfasser: Rhodes, Warren A., Redd, William H., Berggren, Lorelei
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:An adolescent was trained to be more assertive through use of a social skills training program consisting of instruction, feedback, behavior rehearsal, and modeling by adult role models. The training program was applied to three component behaviors of assertiveness-requests for new behaviors, ratio of eye contact to duration of speech, and loudness of speech-in a multiple-baseline analysis design. Two of these behaviors increased as a function of the training program, while the third behavior remained at baseline levels. Ratings of overall assertiveness also increased as a function of the training program. These effects of the training program using an adult therapist generalized to personal situations involving peers. A negative effect of social skills training was also observed.
ISSN:0047-228X
1532-7639
DOI:10.1080/15374417909532875