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Published in: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 1/2014

Open Access 01-12-2014 | Research

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

Authors: John Kjøbli, Terje Ogden

Published in: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

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.
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Metadata
Title
A randomized effectiveness trial of individual child social skills training: six-month follow-up
Authors
John Kjøbli
Terje Ogden
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health / Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1753-2000
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-014-0031-6

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