An Introduction to a Metabehavioral Model with Implications for Social Skills Training for Aggressive Adolescents

A model is introduced which combines traditional metacognitive explanations for the acquisition of social skills with situationally specific environment variables. This “metabehavioral” model suggests considering such variables as situational characteristics, task demands, and personal characteristics in predicting social performance. Use of this model may help professionals training behaviorally disordered children in social skills.

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Patients and Social Skills Groups: Is Social Skills Training Enough?

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy ◽

10.1017/s0141347300010788 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 212-222 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Kathleen Kindness ◽

Annette Newton

Keyword(s):

Social Skills ◽

Social Skills Training ◽

Social Performance ◽

Cognitive Restructuring ◽

Skills Training ◽

Anxiety Reduction ◽

Group Approach ◽

Social Skills Groups ◽

Before And After

Eighteen young adult out-patients with social interaction difficulties were treated using a multifaceted group approach, which incorporated skills training, anxiety reduction and cognitive restructuring techniques. They were assessed before and after treatment, and at 2-year follow-up. A non-clinical comparison group was assessed using the same measures. The treatment group showed significant improvement on measures of social performance, social anxiety and self-esteem, which was maintained at 2-year follow-up. Individual results are reported, which show differing patterns of change. The implications of using anxiety reduction and cognitive restructuring techniques with social skills training are discussed.

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A Day at School : A Serious Game for Social Skills Training

JITA - Journal of Information Technology and Applications (Banja Luka) - APEIRON ◽

10.7251/jit2102087p ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Filimonas Papadiou ◽

Fotis Lazarinis ◽

Dimitris Kanellopoulos

Keyword(s):

Social Skills ◽

Primary School ◽

Social Skills Training ◽

Soft Skills ◽

Personal Characteristics ◽

Skills Training ◽

Serious Game ◽

Self Control ◽

Appropriate Behavior ◽

Primary School Pupils

Soft skills are the personal characteristics of an individual that enhance his/her interactions, career prospects, and job performance. Soft skills include social skills which incorporate characteristics like empathy, self-control, socialization, and friendliness. The development of soft skills at an early age is vital. Currently, there are few serious games for social skills training aimed at primary school pupils. A serious game does not only provide fun but a player can discover knowledge about himself. This paper presents a serious game named “A Day at School” that helps primary school pupils to develop social skills through an educational scenario. In this scenario, the hero of the game faces various situations during a usual day at school. The scenario deals with the situations of bullying, racism, and social awareness of children. By using the educational application, pupils discover appropriate behavior and get the first stimulus for acquiring their social skills. The serious game helps them to socialize and gain the basis to cultivate empathy, friendliness, and self-control. Primary school pupils and teachers evaluated the serious game. The results showed that teachers found that the game is suitable for teaching purposes and its graphical user interface (GUI) is appealing.

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