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Inpatient Social–Cognitive Skills Training Groups with Conduct Disordered and Attention Deficit Disordered Children
Author(s) -
Kolko David J.,
Loar Linda L.,
Sturnick Diane
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1990.tb00814.x
Subject(s) - psychology , social skills , loneliness , cognition , context (archaeology) , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , sociometry , social cognition , psychiatry , paleontology , biology
The impact of group treatment programs on the social skills and peer relations of psychiatrically hospitalized children with disruptive behavior disorders was evaluated. Children assigned to a social‐cognitive skills training group (SCST; n = 36) were matched to children who participated in a social activity group (SA; n = 20). The results indicated significantly greater pre‐post improvements for the SCST than the SA group in child‐reported loneliness, staff sociometric ratings, role‐play performances, and in vivo behavioral observations of individual social skills. Child diagnoses did not differentially effect treatment outcomes. The findings are discussed in the context of training, clinical, and methodological issues