Social skills training as a treatment for aggressive children and adolescents: a developmental-clinical integration

摘要: Social skills training (SST) has emerged as a frontline treatment approach for aggressive children and adolescents. The present review evaluates this sizable literature from developmental-clinical perspective. More specifically, the summarizes key developmental findings, assesses status of existing efforts to integrate these findings into clinical research, discusses intervention implications. Summaries are divided six major areas: age, gender, race, identification samples, social cognition, peer group influences. indicates that incorporate principles research have fallen woefully short. Even most fundamental considerations were frequently overlooked. Despite general limitations, highlights number noteworthy integration attempts concludes with discussion directions future research.