Social Competence

Interventions for Children and Adults

Diana Pickett Rathjen, John P. Foreyt, Diana Pickett Rathjen, John P. Foreyt

• Publisher: Pergamon
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9780080259659
• eBook ISBN: 9781483157375
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Social Psychology
• Index: Psychology

Social Competence: Interventions for Children and Adults focuses on the relationship between the social abilities and interpersonal skills of people, taking into consideration their satisfaction and productivity. This book offers a summary of innovative and validated interventions specifically made to improve social competence among adults and children. This text first presents how physical characteristics and behavior are considered as determinants of social competence. The differences that language plays among adults and children relative to self-control are highlighted. The role that parents play in shaping the mental health of their children is also emphasized. In molding the social competence of children, training programs on social skills in the classroom are given importance. The programs include the development of interpersonal skills during a child's elementary school years. However, the development of such skills has not been traditionally thought as a responsibility of the education system. Social skills training program have been added to the program for patients suffering from psychomatic disorders, and this has been proven beneficial to them.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Social Competence: Interventions for Children and Adults
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Chapter 1. An Overview of Social Competence
• Chapter 2. Developing Self-Control Through Training in Problem Solving: The"Think Aloud" Program
• Chapter 3. Real-Life Problem Solving For Parents and Children:An Approach to Social Competence
• Chapter 4. Social Skills Training Programs in Elementary and High School Classrooms
• Chapter 5. Interpersonal Skills in the Schools: Assessment and Curriculum Development
• Chapter 6. Structured-Learning Therapy: Overview and Applications to Adolescents and Adults
• Chapter 7. Parent-Adolescent Conflict:A Skill-Training Approach
• Appendix: Treatment Manual for Parent-Adolescent Conflict Program
• Chapter 8. Couples Become Parents:A Behavioral SystemsAnalysis of Family Development
• Chapter 9. Simulated Interaction Training: Applications to Returning College Students
• Chapter 10. Self-Reliance Training in Depression
• Chapter 11. Social Skills Training and Psychosomatic Disorders
• Chapter 12. Social Power and the Elderly
• Author Index
• Subject Index
• Test Index
• About the Editors
• About the Contributors
• Pergamon General Psychology Series