Social Competence in Children with IDDM and Asthma: Child, Teacher, and Parent Reports of Children's Social Adjustment, Social Performance, and Social Skills

This study was designed to investigate the predictors of social dominance, the strategies children use to control resources (prosocial and coercive), and the associations between these strategies and measures of personality, social skills, and peer regard. A total of 30 preschoolers (ages 3–6) were rated by their teachers on social dominance. Based on these ratings, dominant children were paired with multiple subordinate children (i.e., block design; Kenny, 1990) and observed in a play situation designed to elicit resource control behaviour. As hypothesised, age and the surgency facet of extraversion predicted social dominance (but openness to experience did not). Furthermore, also as expected, both prosocial behaviour and coercive behaviour were related to resource control in the play situation. Last, both resource control strategies were associated with parent-rated social competence, but only coercive control was associated with positive peer regard (i.e., Likeability). Factors of personality (e.g. agreeableness, hostility) were not associated with either of the strategies. The utility of an evolutionary perspective to resource control and social competence is discussed.

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The relationship of role-play assessment of children's social skills to multiple measures of social competence

Behaviour Research and Therapy ◽

10.1016/0005-7967(84)90101-3 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 129-139 ◽

Cited By ~ 37

Author(s):

Alan E. Kazdin ◽

Johnny L. Matson ◽

Karen Esveldt-Dawson

Keyword(s):

Social Skills ◽

Social Competence ◽

Role Play ◽

Play Assessment ◽

Multiple Measures ◽

Children's Social Skills ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

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Effecten van een sociale responsiviteitstraining op jongeren met ASS

Wetenschappelijk Tijdschrift Autisme ◽

10.36254/wta.2021.4.02 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 20 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Sakinah Binti Idris ◽

Jorieke Duvekot ◽

Jan van der Ende ◽

Kirstin Greaves Lord ◽

Neeltje van Haren ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Randomized Controlled Trial ◽

Social Skills ◽

Active Control ◽

Treatment Effects ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Skills Training ◽

Parent Reports ◽

Randomized Controlled ◽

Age Appropriate ◽

Relational Skills

The PEERS® (Program for Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills) training targets age-appropriate social skills. By the use of homework assignments and parallel parent sessions the generalization of skills enhanced. The results of this randomized controlled trial show that social skills significantly improved, as indicated by both selfand parent reports. However, the significant increase in observed social skills as observed in the PEERS® condition was as large as the increase observed in the active control condition. Further research will target mediators and moderators of treatment effects.

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Student Leaders and Social Performance as Measured by the Social Performance Survey Schedule

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1989.65.3.961 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 65 (3) ◽

pp. 961-962

Author(s):

Frances A. Karnes ◽

Victor D'Ilio

Keyword(s):

Social Skills ◽

Social Performance ◽

Social Behaviors ◽

Student Leaders ◽

Diverse Populations ◽

Negative Behaviors ◽

The Social

There is a paucity of research on the social skills of student leaders, although studies have been conducted on other groups of students and adults. In this study, the Social Performance Survey Schedule was administered to 114 student leaders in Grades 6 to 11. Consistent with previous research applying the survey on diverse populations, girls engaged in more positive social behaviors, fewer negative behaviors, and had higher over-all performance than boys. Suggestions for those who may have contact with such students were made.

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A Prospective Study of Social Competence in Survivors of Pediatric Brain Tumors

10.22541/au.163821981.17818312/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

May Albee ◽

Santiago Allende ◽

Victoria Cosgrove ◽

Matthew Hocking

Keyword(s):

Social Skills ◽

Theory Of Mind ◽

Social Competence ◽

Brain Tumors ◽

Peer Relationships ◽

Pediatric Brain Tumors ◽

Inverse Association ◽

Increased Risk ◽

Pediatric Brain ◽

Over Time

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (BT) are at increased risk for difficulties with social competence, including poor social information processing (SIP) and peer relationships. Due to improved survival rates among BT, there is a need to better understand these challenges and if they are specific to BT versus other survivors of childhood cancer. METHODS: 51 BT and 34 survivors of pediatric solid tumors (ST) completed evaluations of SIP and peer relationship quality within 6 months of completing treatment and at one year follow-up. Caregivers also completed a measure of social skills. Linear mixed models evaluated (1) differences between BT and ST on SIP and social skills and (2) how indices of SIP were associated with peer relationships over time for ST and BT. RESULTS: BT did not differ from ST on indices of SIP or social skills over time. There was a three-way interaction between measures of SIP, group, and time to predict peer relationships. ST showed a positive association between baseline social skills and theory of mind and peer relationships over time, whereas BT showed an inverse association between baseline social skills and theory of mind and peer relationships over time. CONCLUSION: Baseline SIP and social skills affected the trajectory of BT peer relationships. BT social functioning should be monitored regularly after the completion of treatment to determine if and when intervention services would be beneficial.

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The effect of watching the satellite programs on the skills of the talented students at the Eastern Region (Dammam) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: أثر مشاهدة البرامج الفضائية على المهارات الاجتماعية لدى الطلبة الموهوبين في المنطقة الشرقية (الدمام) بالمملكة العربية السعودية

المجلة العربية للعلوم ونشر الأبحاث مجلة العلوم التربوية والنفسية ◽

10.26389/ajsrp.m260420 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (40) ◽

Author(s):

Abdullah Salem Ahmad Alomari

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Social Skills ◽

Analysis Of Variance ◽

Social Adjustment ◽

Eastern Region ◽

The Social ◽

Space Programs ◽

Satellite Channels ◽

Talented Students ◽

The Relationship

The present study aimed to reveal the relationship between the quality of space programs watched by children and the social skills of these children، the study is also trying to identify the relationship between the number of hours watching this space programs and the social skills for these children. The study used a descriptive approach، the study sample consisted of 215 boys and girls aged between 9- 12 years schools of Al- Dammam in Saudi Arabia، the researcher used to identify children's programs television watched by children، where the researcher in this study on the method of analysis of variance One-way Analysis of Variance and Scheffe test for multiple comparisons Multiple Comparison، which resulted in findings on the lack of social skills for different dimensions: emotional sensitivity، emotional and adjustment، and the overall degree of social skills depending on the type of space programs that children watch. In addition to the lack of different social skills for the dimensions: emotional expression، sensitivity، emotionality، and social expression، and social sensitivity، and the overall degree of social skills، while the different settings of emotional and social adjustment depending on the number of hours watching TV channels، for children who watch satellite channels less.

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