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Social Skills Training for Abused Girls: Interpersonal Skills Training for Sexually Abused Girls

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2014

Mark D. Weist ,
Kathryn Vannatta ,
Kathleen K. Wayland  and
Chianti Y. Jackson
Mark D. Weist*
Affiliation:
Duke University Medical Center, and University of Maryland School of Medicine
Kathryn Vannatta
Affiliation:
Duke University Medical Center, and University of Maryland School of Medicine
Kathleen K. Wayland
Affiliation:
Duke University Medical Center, and University of Maryland School of Medicine
Chianti Y. Jackson
Affiliation:
Duke University Medical Center, and University of Maryland School of Medicine
*
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, 645 West Redwood Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21201-1549; (410) 328-3522

Abstract

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Four sexually abused girls participated in a 12-session group training program focused on improving interpersonal problems identified by the girls' teachers. Prior to and following the intervention, the girls underwent role-play assessment of their behaviour in relevant social situations with peers and teachers, and completed a self-report measures of perceived self-concept. For two of the girls, teachers completed checklists of their behavioural functioning before and after the intervention. On the role-play measure, the girls showed improvement on all of the trained behaviours (with peers and teachers), and evidenced behavioural improvements on untrained (generalisation) scenes. In addition, the girls reported improvements in perceived academic competence, peer functioning, appearance, and global self-concept following the training program. The study provides an example of a behavioural skills-training approach to address interpersonal deficits that may be shown by sexually abused children.

Type
Research Article
Information
Behaviour Change , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , December 1993 , pp. 244 - 252
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 1993

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