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SOCIAL‐SKILLS TRAINING FOR UNASSERTIVE CHILDREN: A MULTIPLE‐BASELINE ANALYSIS 1
Author(s) -
Bornstein Mitchell R.,
Bellack Alan S.,
Hersen Michel
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.1977.10-183
Subject(s) - multiple baseline design , psychology , baseline (sea) , assertiveness , social skills , interpersonal communication , interpersonal relationship , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychotherapist , psychiatry , social psychology , intervention (counseling) , oceanography , geology
The effects of social‐skills training consisting of instructions, feedback, behavior rehearsal, and modelling were examined in a multiple‐baseline analysis in four unassertive children. The treatment was effective in that the behaviors selected for modification changed markedly. The effects of treatment generalized from trained to untrained items (interpersonal situations requiring assertive responding) and gains were maintained at the two‐ and four‐week followup probe sessions. In addition, overall assertiveness in all subjects increased from baseline assessment to the conclusion of treatment and into followup.