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2011
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(2011): A pilot study of social competence group training for adolescents with borderline intellectual functioning and emotional and behavioural problems (SCT-ABI). In: Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR 55 (2), S. 231-241. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2010.01369.x
DOI: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21199047 Abstract: BACKGROUND Emotional and behavioural problems as well as a lack of social competence are common in adolescents with borderline intellectual functioning and impair their social and vocational integration. Group interventions specifically developed for this target group are scarce and controlled evaluation studies are absent. METHODS A cognitive-behavioural group training (Social Competence Training for Adolescents with Borderline Intelligence) was developed and its effectiveness was examined in students attending special vocational schools. A total of 77 adolescents with borderline intelligence were randomised either to the intervention (n=40) or to the control group (n=37). Outcome measures at post-treatment and at a 6-month follow-up comprised self-reports, caregiver reports and behavioural observations. RESULTS The adolescents in the intervention group showed temporally stable improvement in their social competence, especially in social problem solving (F=17.6, P<0.001) and attainment of individual behavioural goals in everyday life (self-reports: F=15.9, P<0.001; caregiver reports: F=87.9, P<0.001). Effects of the intervention on other outcomes such as problem-solving competence and skills performed in standardised role plays were weak or absent. CONCLUSIONS Social Competence Training for Adolescents with Borderline Intelligence is a promising treatment for adolescents with borderline intellectual functioning and associated emotional/behavioural symptoms. Further studies examining long-term effects on the participants' social and vocational integration are needed.
Keywords: Adolescent, Adolescent Psychiatry/methods, Affective Symptoms/complications/therapy, Behavioral Symptoms/complications/therapy, Cognitive Therapy/methods, Disziplin, Gruppentraining, Humans, Intellectual Disability/complications/psychology/therapy, Interpersonal Relations, Kognitive Skills/Social Cognition, Mensch mit Behinderung, Mentally Disabled Persons/psychology/rehabilitation, Pilot Projects, Postkasten, Psychologie, Psychology, Adolescent, Psychotherapy, Group/methods, Social Adjustment, Social Behavior, social competence training, social competences, social learning, Soziale Angemessenheit, Sozialkompetenz, SV, Therapie, Treatment Outcome, Ziele sozial angemessenen Verhaltens 2009
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(2009): Effects of fitness training and yoga on well-being stress, social competence and body image. In: NEUROPSYCHIATRIE 23 (4), S. 244-248
Abstract: Objectives: Aims of our study were to describe and compare influences from a physical activity program and a yoga program on well-being, mood, stress-coping, body-image and social competence in healthy people. Methods: 18 persons attending a gym and 21 taking part in a yoga program answered following questionnaires before entering the program and after taking part for 20 units: Body-Image-Questionnaire (25), Symptom-Checklist- 90R (8), Complaint-List (31), Adjective Mood-Scale (32) and a Visual Analogue Scale for assessing stress-level (10). Results: Statistical analyses show significant improvement in social competence in both training groups; the gym-group report reduced sexual discomfort, whereas people taking part in yoga-group show a reduction in somatization and body-related anxiety as well as an improvement in physical and emotional well-being. Conclusion: Our findings support the evidence that physical activity in general improves psychological well-being, however, gym and yoga seem to have different psychological impacts. Future research should focus on comparing the psychological effects of different physical activity interventions in prevention programmes as well as exercise prescriptions in patients with mental illness.
1994
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(1994): Social competence and social skills training for persons with mental-retardation – An expansion of a behavioral paradigm. In: EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN MENTAL RETARDATION AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES 29 (3), S. 194-201
Abstract: The imperative for a reformulation of social skills training theory for adults with mental retardation is discussed. Current practices in social skills training for persons with mental retardation are summarized along with potential reasons for their concomitant lack of maintenance and generalization of treatment gains. In order to better understand the process of social skills acquisition, the concept of social competence must be redefined. A cognitive-behavioral definition and model of social competence and social skills is described which attempts to unify traditional social learning concepts with more recent advances in research and practice with persons with cognitive deficits, along with a focus on its utility in the training of social skills among persons with mental retardation.
1992
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(1992): Training of social competence - Inidividual case analysis of behavior and urine cortisol-levels. In: ZEITSCHRIFT FUR KLINISCHE PSYCHOLOGIE PSYCHIATRIE UND PSYCHOTHERAPIE 40 (2), S. 179-194
Abstract: The aim of this study is to control the effectiveness of a training in social competence within the framework of a stationary therapy by means of observable behavior and to regard the course of salivary-serum- and urine cortisol in parallel with expected changes in behavior. The behavior assessment showed, that apart from anxiety and a deficiency in social competence, lack of trust and helplessness were essential variables (symptoms). Against the theoretical background of contemporary research in trust and helplessness it was tried to find relations between these factors and to show up relevance for therapy in the case in point. Guided by hypotheses the effects of training and therapy are verified by systematic observation of behavior as well as a significant change of the salivary cortisol values. The development of the therapy and the graphic similarity between the sequence of urine cortisol and the formalised Wortman-Dintzer-Model suggest a corresponding interpretation reservedly. In parallel with Seligman's theories the process could refer to psychophysiological connections between helpless behavior and urine cortisol.
1977
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(1977): Presentive psychotherapy as a training of social competence. In: PSYCHOTHERAPIE MEDIZINISCHE PSYCHOLOGIE 27 (1), S. 1-5
Abstract: Proposes 4 theses toward a definition of the basic conditions, aims, and special techniques in preventive psychotherapy: (a) Preventive psychotherapy works in the social space where psychic disturbances potentially may occur. (b) The basic condition of this work is sufficiently developed social competence, which enables the clients to bear social and inner conflicts and tensions. (c) The training of social competence aims at the prevention of pathogenic psychosocial defense mechanisms, which are the basis of social and individual psychic disturbances. (d) Preventive measures make use mainly of the progressive strengths of the clients, but they also include those regressive processes that further identification and personal autonomy. (6 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
Keywords: Disziplin, Identifikation, personale Autonomie, persönliche Stärken, Postkasten, Psychologie, psychosoziale Verteidigungsmechanismen, social competence training, social competences, Soziale Angemessenheit, Sozialkompetenz, SvA, Therapie, (Un)Fähigkeit, innere und soziale Konflikte und Spannungen zu ertragen
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