Role of social skills training in adolescents with social anxiety disorder

  1. Pablo José Olivares-Olivares 1
  2. Pedro Francisco Ortiz-González 1
  3. José Olivares 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Murcia
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    Universidad de Murcia

    Murcia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03p3aeb86

Revue:
International journal of clinical and health psychology

ISSN: 1697-2600

Année de publication: 2019

Volumen: 19

Número: 1

Pages: 41-48

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1016/J.IJCHP.2018.11.002 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAccès ouvert editor

D'autres publications dans: International journal of clinical and health psychology

Résumé

Background/Objective: Social skills training (SST) is frequently included in the treatment of social anxiety disorder (SAD) in both children and adolescents, although there is no empirical evidence to support it. Consequently, our objective is to study the role and effects of SST in the treatment of a sample of adolescents with SAD. Method: A total of 108 adolescents diagnosed with generalized social phobia were randomly assigned to two treatment conditions (with and without SST) and a control group waiting list (WLCG). The evaluation included self-report measures, observational tests and blind evaluators. Results: Both interventions significantly reduced the number of social situations feared/avoided with respect to the WLCG, which worsened. Likewise, both interventions were effective but the group with SST obtained better results in the post-test and follow-ups, as well as a lower dropout rate (6:1). Conclusions: The use of SST reduces the dropout rate of treated adolescents and increases the effectiveness of the Intervention Program for Adolescents with Social Phobia.

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