Social Skills Across the Life Span: Theory, Assessment, and Intervention

Social skills are critical to psychological adjustment across the lifespan. These skills are necessary for attaining a variety of important social, emotional, and interpersonal goals. Social skill deficits and resulting negative social interactions are associated with a wide variety of adjustment problems and psychological disorders. This will be a comprehensive social skills volume providing in-depth coverage of theory, assessment, and intervention. Divided into three major sections, the volume begins with the definition of social competence, developmental factors, and relations to adjustment. This is followed by assessment and intervention across the lifespan. The third section describes specific interventions for clinical populations. Identifies how social skills influence social competence and peer acceptanceSummarizes research linking social skills and well-beingReviews methods to assess social skills in children and adultsProvides social skills intervention programs for children and adults INDICE: Section I. Theory 1. Defining Social Skills 2. Developing Social Skills 3. Linking Social Skills and Adjustment Section II. Assessment and Intervention 4. Assessing Youth 5. Assessing Adults 6. Intervening with Youth 7. Intervening with Adults Section III. Specific Intervention Programs Children and Adolescents 8. Conduct problems 9. Anger 10. Autism Spectrum Disorders 11. Bullying 12. Resilience 13. Social Anxiety Adults 14. Bipolar Disorder 15. Schizophrenia 16. Autism Spectrum Disorders 17. Serious Mental Illness/Schizophrenia

• ISBN: 978-0-12-817752-5
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 460
• Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2020
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés