Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (대한소아청소년정신의학회)
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The Effects of Social Skills Training as a Preventive Approach for Children in the Community Setting

지역사회에서 예방적 접근으로 실시한 사회기술훈련의 효과

  • Yoon, Seok Min (Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Jeju National University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kwack, Young Sook (Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Jeju National University School of Medicine)
  • 윤석민 (제주대학교 의학전문대학원 정신건강의학교실) ;
  • 곽영숙 (제주대학교 의학전문대학원 정신건강의학교실)
  • Received : 2014.01.22
  • Accepted : 2014.05.31
  • Published : 2014.09.30
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Abstract

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of social skills training (SST) for children in two different community settings, an elementary school and a child community center. Methods : Two separate groups of 15 children (10 boys and 5 girls) and 13 children (4 boys and 9 girls) participated in a SST program twice per week at an elementary school and a child community center, respectively. Age range of participants was from 8 to 10 years. Sixty-minute-long sessions of SST were continued twice per week for 4 weeks. Korean-Child Behavior Checklist (K-CBCL), Conner's Rating Scales, Korean-Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Rating Scale (K-ARS), Social Skills Rating System (SSRS), and Matson's Evaluation of Social Skills with Youngsters (MESSY) were evaluated by their parents before and after the SST program. Results : Pre-and-post analysis of SST indicated no significant statistical differences in the elementary school group. However, the child community center group showed significantly increased scores for total social ability (p<.05) and decreased scores for attention problem (p<.05) on the K-CBCL. In addition, scores of MESSY were significantly increased (p<.05). These differences between the two groups were still significant after controlling pre-SST scores ; and difference of SST scores between the two groups disappeared after SST. Conclusion : Results suggest that SST in the community setting is an effective tool for prevention of social deficits and problems in attention by promoting social function and attention.

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