scholarly journals The association of social skills and behaviour problems with bullying engagement in Portuguese adolescents: From aggression to victimization behaviors

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Lopes de Sousa ◽  
Maria Manuela Peixoto ◽  
Sara Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Behaviour Problems ◽  
Portuguese Adolescents

A Comparison of Day Treatment and Outpatient Treatment for Children with Disruptive Behaviour Problems

1993 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 432-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie Grizenko ◽  
Danielle Papineau ◽  
Liliane Sayegh
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Social Skills ◽  
Family Functioning ◽  
Outpatient Treatment ◽  
Day Treatment ◽  
Behaviour Problems ◽  
Disruptive Behaviour ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Disruptive Behaviour Problems

The authors explored the relative merits of outpatient and day treatment for 30 children with severe behaviour problems. The effectiveness of treatment on behaviour, self-perception, and social and family functioning was assessed. Day treatment was found to be more effective in reducing behaviour problems, alleviating depressive symptoms, increasing social skills and improving family functioning.

scholarly journals Behavioral profile, lifestyle and social skills in Portuguese adolescents

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Clarisse Magalhães ◽  
Maria Fátima Ribeiro ◽  
Maria Raquel Esteves ◽  
Luísa Aires ◽  
Sara Lima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
School Context ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Jaccard Coefficient ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Premature Deaths ◽  
Portuguese Adolescents

Abstract Background Seventy percent of premature deaths in adults are due to behaviors initiated during adolescence. Therefore, it is essential to promote individual and social behaviors that educate adolescents in the ability to make healthy choices. Accordingly, the main goals of this study were to characterize Lifestyles and Social Skills, as well as identify homogeneous subgroups, in a sample of Portuguese adolescents. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted, including 1008 adolescents attending the 7th to the 9th grades of five middle schools from the Tâmega and Sousa regions of Portugal, and using the My Lifestyle Questionnaire and the Social Skills Inventory. To establish a profile of the participants, a Cluster Analysis (K-means) was performed, and the Jaccard coefficient was used to assess the stability of the solution found. Results From the total sample, 556 adolescents with a mean age of 13.43 years (SD = 1.1) were included in the analysis. The majority of the sample presented a healthy lifestyle (72.26%) and 50.7% of the adolescents had a highly elaborated repertoire of Social Skills. Moreover, three clusters were found. Cluster 1 (n = 92) showed a less elaborate repertoire of Social Skills and was designated as the “Adjusted”. Cluster 2 (n = 115) comprised adolescents with a good repertoire of Social Skills and was named the “Sociable”. Cluster 3 (n = 258) was composed of adolescents with a highly elaborate repertoire of Social Skills and the best Lifestyle indicators and was named the “Healthy”. Conclusions The group of adolescents in the cluster called the “Sociable” needs to be included in health education and Social Skills programs. Nutrition and Monitored Safety behaviors reveal low values and, therefore, present a greater need for awareness, sensitization, and intervention in the school context. For this reason, the promotion of a healthy lifestyle should be part of the academic curriculum and transversal to all academic disciplines.

Psychometric Properties of the Social Skills Questionnaire: Portuguese Adaptation of the Student Form (Grades 7 to 12)

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 486-499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catarina Pinheiro Mota ◽  
Paula Mena Matos ◽  
Marina Serra Lemos
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Social Skills ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Portuguese Population ◽  
The Social ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Valid Instrument ◽  
Components Analysis ◽  
Portuguese Adolescents

The present study aims to analyze the psychometric properties of the student form (Grades 7 to 12) of the Social Skills Questionnaire authored by Gresham and Elliott (1990), on a sample of Portuguese adolescents. Participants included 573 students, both female and male, aged 14 to 19. Reliability was assessed through Cronbach's alpha and was .87 for the total scale, ranging from.58 to .72 for the subscales. A confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the main adjustment indices presented unexpected values. A principal components analysis indicated that several items of the cooperation subscale correlated with other factors. Adequate adjustment indices were found when cooperation was removed from the model. Semantic dualities due to cultural factors and difficulties assuming the cooperation dimension as an independent dimension might explain the results observed. The reorganization of the SSQ offers a reliable and valid instrument for research within the Portuguese population.

scholarly journals Behavioral Profile, Lifestyle and Social Skills in Portuguese Adolescents

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clarisse Magalhães ◽  
Maria de Fátima Ribeiro ◽  
Maria Raquel Esteves ◽  
Luísa Aires ◽  
Sara Lima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
School Context ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Jaccard Coefficient ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Premature Deaths ◽  
Portuguese Adolescents

Abstract Background: Seventy percent of premature deaths in adults are due to behaviors initiated during adolescence. Therefore, it is essential to promote individual and social behaviors that educate adolescents in the ability to make healthy choices. Thus, the goals of this study were to characterize the lifestyle and social skills as well as to identify homogeneous subgroups in a sample of Portuguese adolescents. Methods : We conduct a cross-sectional study including 1008 adolescents attending 7 th to 9 th grade of five middle schools from Tâmega and Sousa region, of Portugal. My Lifestyle Questionnaire and the Social Skills Inventory were used. To establish a profile of the participants, a Cluster Analysis (K-means) was performed and the Jaccard coefficient was used to assess the stability of the solution found. Results: From the total sample, 556 adolescents with a mean age of 13.43 years (SD=1.1) were included in the analysis. The majority of the sample presented a good lifestyle (72.26% indicating good LS) and 50.7% of the adolescents had a highly elaborated repertoire of social skills. Moreover, three clusters were found. Cluster 1 (n=92) showed a less elaborate SS repertoire and was named the “Adjusted”. Cluster 2 (n=115) comprised adolescents with a good SS repertoire and was named the “Sociable”. Cluster 3 (n=258) was composed by adolescents with a highly elaborate SS repertoire and the best LS indicators, and was named the “Healthy”. Conclusions : The group of adolescents in cluster called “Sociable” needs to be included in health education and social skills programs. NUT and MS behaviors have low values and, therefore, present a greater need for awareness, sensitization and intervention in the school context. Promoting a healthy lifestyle should be part of the academic curriculum and be transversal to all academic disciplines.

scholarly journals Behavioral Profile, Lifestyle and Social Skills in Portuguese Adolescents

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clarisse Magalhães ◽  
Maria de Fátima Ribeiro ◽  
Maria Raquel Esteves ◽  
Luísa Aires ◽  
Sara Lima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
School Context ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Jaccard Coefficient ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Premature Deaths ◽  
Portuguese Adolescents

Abstract Background: Seventy percent of premature deaths in adults are due to behaviors initiated during adolescence. Therefore, it is essential to promote individual and social behaviors that educate adolescents in the ability to make healthy choices. Accordingly, the main goals of this study were to characterize Lifestyles and Social Skills, as well as identify homogeneous subgroups, in a sample of Portuguese adolescents. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted, including 1008 adolescents attending the 7th to the 9th grades of five middle schools from the Tâmega and Sousa regions of Portugal, and using the My Lifestyle Questionnaire and the Social Skills Inventory. To establish a profile of the participants, a Cluster Analysis (K-means) was performed, and the Jaccard coefficient was used to assess the stability of the solution found. Results: From the total sample, 556 adolescents with a mean age of 13.43 years (SD=1.1) were included in the analysis. The majority of the sample presented a healthy lifestyle (72.26%) and 50.7% of the adolescents had a highly elaborated repertoire of Social Skills. Moreover, three clusters were found. Cluster 1 (n=92) showed a less elaborate repertoire of Social Skills and was designated as the “Adjusted”. Cluster 2 (n=115) comprised adolescents with a good repertoire of Social Skills and was named the “Sociable”. Cluster 3 (n=258) was composed of adolescents with a highly elaborate repertoire of Social Skills and the best Lifestyle indicators and was named the “Healthy”. Conclusions: The group of adolescents in the cluster called the “Sociable” needs to be included in health education and Social Skills programs. Nutrition and Monitored Safety behaviors reveal low values and, therefore, present a greater need for awareness, sensitization, and intervention in the school context. For this reason, the promotion of a healthy lifestyle should be part of the academic curriculum and transversal to all academic disciplines.

Private speech in preschool children: developmental stability and change, across-task consistency, and relations with classroom behaviour

2003 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 583-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
ADAM WINSLER ◽  
JESUS RENÉ DE LEÓN ◽  
BEVERLY A. WALLACE ◽  
MARTHA P. CARLTON ◽  
ANGELA WILLSON-QUAYLE
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Developmental Change ◽  
Developmental Stability ◽  
Private Speech ◽  
Behaviour Problems ◽  
Stability And Change ◽  
Preschool Classroom ◽  
Children’S Behaviour ◽  
At Home

This study examined (a) developmental stability and change in children's private speech during the preschool years, (b) across-task consistency in children's self-speech, and (c) across-setting relations between children's private speech in the laboratory and their behaviour at home and in the preschool classroom. A group of 32 normally developing three- and four-year-old children was observed twice (six month inter-observation interval) while engaging in the same individual problem-solving tasks. Measures of private speech were collected from transcribed videotapes. Naturalistic observations of children's behaviour in the preschool classroom were conducted, and teachers and parents reported on children's behaviour at home and school. Individual differences in preschool children's private speech use were generally stable across tasks and time and related to children's observed and reported behaviour at school and home. Children whose private speech was more partially internalized had fewer externalizing behaviour problems and better social skills as reported by parents and teachers. Children whose private speech was largely task-irrelevant engaged in less goal-directed behaviour in the classroom, expressed more negative affect in the classroom, and rated as having poorer social skills and more behaviour problems. Developmental change occurred during the preschool years in children's use and internalization of private speech during problem-solving in the form of a reduction over time in the total number of social speech utterances, a decrease in the average number of words per utterance, and an increase in the proportion of private speech that was partially internalized.

scholarly journals Behavioral Profile, Lifestyle and Social Skills in Portuguese Adolescents

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clarisse Magalhães ◽  
Maria de Fátima Ribeiro ◽  
Maria Raquel Esteves ◽  
Luísa Aires ◽  
Sara Lima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
School Context ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Jaccard Coefficient ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Premature Deaths ◽  
Portuguese Adolescents

Abstract Background: Seventy percent of premature deaths in adults are due to behaviors initiated during adolescence. Therefore, it is essential to promote individual and social behaviors that educate adolescents in the ability to make healthy choices. Thus, the goals of this study were to characterize the lifestyle and social skills as well as to identify homogeneous subgroups in a sample of Portuguese adolescents. Methods : We conduct a cross-sectional study including 1008 adolescents attending 7 th to 9 th grade of five middle schools from Tâmega and Sousa region, of Portugal. My Lifestyle Questionnaire and the Social Skills Inventory were used. To establish a profile of the participants, a Cluster Analysis (K-means) was performed and the Jaccard coefficient was used to assess the stability of the solution found. Results: From the total sample, 556 adolescents with a mean age of 13.43 years (SD=1.1) were included in the analysis. The majority of the sample presented a good lifestyle (72.26% indicating good LS) and 50.7% of the adolescents had a highly elaborated repertoire of social skills. Moreover, three clusters were found. Cluster 1 (n=92) showed a less elaborate SS repertoire and was named the “Adjusted”. Cluster 2 (n=115) comprised adolescents with a good SS repertoire and was named the “Sociable”. Cluster 3 (n=258) was composed by adolescents with a highly elaborate SS repertoire and the best LS indicators, and was named the “Healthy”. Conclusions : The group of adolescents in cluster called “Sociable” needs to be included in health education and social skills programs. NUT and MS behaviors have low values and, therefore, present a greater need for awareness, sensitization and intervention in the school context. Promoting a healthy lifestyle should be part of the academic curriculum and be transversal to all academic disciplines.

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