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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Kathleen Kindness  and
Annette Newton
Kathleen Kindness
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, Elmhill House, Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen
Annette Newton
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, Elmhill House, Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen
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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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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , July 1984 , pp. 212 - 222
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1984

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