The Impact of Social Skills Training within an Established In-Patient Treatment Programme for Anorexia Nervosa

1981 ◽  
Vol 139 (6) ◽  
pp. 533-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Pillay ◽  
A. H. Crisp
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Social Skills ◽  
Social Skills Training ◽  
Treatment Approach ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Patient Treatment ◽  
Controlled Study ◽  
Treatment Programme ◽  
The Impact

SummaryThe paper reports a controlled study of the impact of social skills training within a longer treatment approach to patients with anorexia nervosa. Under these circumstances social skills training was not found to be a very powerful form of intervention. Possible reasons for this are touched on.

scholarly journals The impact of social skills training for social anxiety disorder: A randomized controlled trial

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (8) ◽  
pp. 908-918 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah C. Beidel ◽  
Candice A. Alfano ◽  
Michael J. Kofler ◽  
Patricia A. Rao ◽  
Lindsay Scharfstein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Social Skills ◽  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Social Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Social Skills Training ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
The Impact

Perceived social support and life-satisfaction

2010 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 144-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elżbieta Kasprzak
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Social Skills ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Social Skills Training ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

Perceived social support and life-satisfaction The article concerns the relationship between life-satisfaction and the features of interpersonal relationships and social support. The research presented in this paper concerned the satisfaction with the relationships with family members, friends, colleagues and acquaintances, the extent of the relationships among these groups, and the perceived social support. The aim of the presented research is to assess the impact of these characteristics on life-satisfaction. In addition, the changes that occurred after the social skills training in the level of life-satisfaction and its determinants were examined. The study group consisted of 60 participants. The results show that the strongest determinants of life-satisfaction are practical support and the satisfaction with the relationships with friends. After the social training the structure of the determinants changed. The factors which were relevant before the training appear to be insignificant now; however, the emotional support, satisfaction with family relationships and the number of friends gain in importance. The social skills training was also effective and increased the level of life-satisfaction.

scholarly journals Clinical effectiveness of a skills training intervention for caregivers in improving patient and caregiver health following in-patient treatment for severe anorexia nervosa: pragmatic randomised controlled trial

BJPsych Open ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Hibbs ◽  
Nicholas Magill ◽  
Elizabeth Goddard ◽  
Charlotte Rhind ◽  
Simone Raenker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Randomised Controlled Trial ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Patient Treatment ◽  
Training Intervention ◽  
Randomised Controlled ◽  
The Impact

BackgroundFamilies express a need for information to support people with severe anorexia nervosa.AimsTo examine the impact of the addition of a skills training intervention for caregivers (Experienced Caregivers Helping Others, ECHO) to standard care.MethodPatients over the age of 12 (mean age 26 years, duration 72 months illness) with a primary diagnosis of anorexia nervosa and their caregivers were recruited from 15 in-patient services in the UK. Families were randomised to ECHO (a book, DVDs and five coaching sessions per caregiver) or treatment as usual. Patient (n=178) and caregiver (n=268) outcomes were measured at discharge and 6 and 12 months after discharge.ResultsPatients with caregivers in the ECHO group had reduced eating disorder psychopathology (EDE-Q) and improved quality of life (WHO-Quol; both effects small) and reduced in-patient bed days (7–12 months post-discharge). Caregivers in the ECHO group had reduced burden (Eating Disorder Symptom Impact Scale, EDSIS), expressed emotion (Family Questionnaire, FQ) and time spent caregiving at 6 months but these effects were diminished at 12 months.ConclusionsSmall but sustained improvements in symptoms and bed use are seen in the intervention group. Moreover, caregivers were less burdened and spent less time providing care. Caregivers had most benefit at 6 months suggesting that booster sessions, perhaps jointly with the patients, may be needed to maintain the effect. Sharing skills and information with caregivers may be an effective way to improve outcomes. This randomised controlled trial (RCT) was registered with Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN06149665.

The Impact of Social Skills Training on the Adjustment of Children with Newly Diagnosed Cancer

1993 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 751-767 ◽  
Author(s):  
James W. Varni ◽  
Ernest R. Katz ◽  
Robert Colegrove ◽  
Michael Dolgin
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Social Skills Training ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Newly Diagnosed ◽  
The Impact

Effects of PEERS® Social Skills Training on Young Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities During College

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-323
Author(s):  
Amy J. Rose ◽  
Kelly R. Kelley ◽  
Alexandra Raxter
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Social Relationship ◽  
Social Skills Training ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Conversational Skills ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Academic Year

The Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS®) was used to provide weekly social skills training to a group of 10 college students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) between ages 18 and 26 attending an inclusive residential postsecondary college program. Additionally, Circles curriculum was used to supplement the PEERS curriculum for teaching social relationship boundaries. An average of 12 sessions per semester of PEERS® training sessions were conducted over each academic year. The present study examines the impact of the program on social skills, friendship qualities, and conversational skills. Results showed increased social skill knowledge, friendship quality, and conversational skills from pretest to posttest intervention. In this paper, we discuss the training program, results, implications for practice, limitations, and future research needs.

THE IMPACT OF A SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ADOLESCENTS WITH BEHAVIOURAL DIFFICULTIES

1999 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 4-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Égide Royer ◽  
Nadia Desbiens ◽  
Isabelle Bitaudeau ◽  
Nathalie Maltais ◽  
Michel Gagnon
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Social Skills Training ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Behavioural Difficulties ◽  
The Impact

Social skills training for chronic psychotic patients: A French study

1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (S2) ◽  
pp. 77s-84s ◽  
Author(s):  
O Chambon ◽  
M Marie-Cardine ◽  
A Dazord
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Skills ◽  
Social Functioning ◽  
Social Skills Training ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Rehabilitation Program ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients ◽  
The Impact

SummaryThe aim of this article is to describe the cognitive-behavioral methods for social rehabilitation and psychotherapy of chronic psychotic patients which are nowadays available in French-speaking countries, then to propose a theoretical framework to help integrate these various methods for use in our duly pratice and, finally, to expose our research in this field, especially concerning the topic of quality of life and social skills training programs. We present a study we designed in order to assess the impact of a comprehensive social skills training program upon quality of life of chronic schizophrenic patients. Starting from the point of view that a good psychosocial rehabilitation program is one that improves social skills and social functioning without negative effects on quality of life, we tried to show such qualities in a quite comprehensive rehabilitation program using social skills training methods corresponding to the social readaptative “modules” from Liberman and Wallace's Social and Independant Living Skills Program — “medication management module” — followed by “basic conversational skills module”, and finally, a brief adapted version of “interpersonal problem solving skills module”. We were able to observe the evolution of social skills and functioning of eight schizophrenic patients having benefited from this program, over a one year period, and we compared results regarding quality of life with two control groups made of schizophrenic patients, one of them having benefited from a supportive group therapy in order to study the impact of non-specific factors. The results indicate a clear dissociation between direct benefits of social skills training (knowledge, social skills, social functioning and symptomatology) which all showed a significant improvement in the experimental group, and subjective benefits (self-esteem, sense of self-efficacy, quality of life) which showed no change, as well when consider no intra-group as well as between group comparisons.

Yet Another Social Skills Training Program for Children: Why?

PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 56 (48) ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgette Yetter ◽  
Catherine Laterza
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Social Skills Training ◽  
Skills Training
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