Effectiveness of social skills training among children with behavior problems:A randomized controlled trial / 北京大学学报(医学版)

ABSTRACT

Objective:To investigate the effectiveness of social skills training for 50 children aged 7 to 14 with child behavior disorders,as compared with 51 children on a waiting-list to be treated.Methods:A total of 101 children with behavior disorders were selected as the sample.Fifty were randomly assigned in the intervention group,who received 12 weeks of social skills training by health education teachers,and the other 51 children were in the control group who received social skills training after 12 weeks.The Rutter Parent and Teacher Scale and CBCL(achenbach child behavior checklist) were used to evaluate the effect before and after intervention.Results:Before intervention,the total scores,A(antisocial/disobey behavior)and N(neurosis behavior) scores of the Rutter Parent Scale were of no difference.After intervention,the total subtraction scores(4.10?3.21),A subtraction scores(1.10?1.37)and N subtraction scores(1.32?0.91)in the intervention group improved significantly(P