A randomized effectiveness trial of individual child social skills training: six-month follow-up

Chinese Medicine

Terje Ogden¹  John Kjøbli¹ 

[1] The Norwegian Center for Child Behavioral Development, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 7053, Majorstuen 0306, Oslo, Norway

关键词: Randomized controlled trial;    Effectiveness study;    Child social skills training;    Conduct problems;   

Others  :  1142322
DOI  :  10.1186/s13034-014-0031-6

 received in 2014-06-06, accepted in 2014-12-08,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Individual Social Skills Training (ISST) is a short term, individually delivered intervention (8-10 sessions) that promotes social skills in children with emerging or existing conduct problems. This study examined the effectiveness of ISST immediately and 6 months after the termination of the intervention.

Methods

The participants were 198 children (3-12 years) who were randomly assigned to ISST or practice as usual. The data were collected from parents, children and teachers.

Results

Findings showed positive change on most outcomes in both study conditions. However, examining the relative effectiveness of the intervention, only one positive effect of ISST emerged on parent-reported child conduct problems immediately after intervention.

Conclusions

These results suggest that compared to the control group, ISST had limited effects in ameliorating child problem behavior. These data suggest that it is not sufficient to provide ISST when aiming to reduce conduct problems in children.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Kjøbli and Ogden; licensee BioMed Central.

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