Abstract

DE-PAULO, Letícia Melo; ELIAS, Luciana Carla dos Santos  and  BENTO, Patricia Oliveira de Lima. Evaluation of the effects of a Social Skills Training at Preschool. Rev. bras.ter. cogn. [online]. 2023, vol.19, n.1, pp.2-9.  Epub July 01, 2024. ISSN 1808-5687.  https://doi.org/10.5935/1808-5687.20230002.

The interpersonal solving problems skilss (ISPS) have been highlighted as essential to children development, acting as a protection fator. In this scenario, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of a social skills training, wich emphasize interpersonal solving problems skills with kindergarten students, to verify the replicability of the results observed with elementar school students (Marturano & Elias, 2016). For this aim, ISPS, social skills and behavior problem were compared before and after the intervention, verifying the varibles of each group with itself. The participants of this study were 45 five years-old students who were enrolled in public schools in the country side; this reaserch was a cross-sectional, quasi-experimental study, with repeated measures design. The instruments used to assess the behavior of children were Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), Escala de Comportamento Social para Pré-Escolares (PKBS) and Procedimento de Solução de Problemas Interpessoais em Pré-escolares (PIPS). The intervention procedure used was Programa Posso Pensar (Elias, 2012). This program brought benefits for the participants, concerning more ISPS and less behavior problems (emotional symptoms, conduct problem and total of dificulties); however, adaptations have to be done for the kindergarten context in order to achieve greater effectiveness.

Keywords : Social Skills; Problem Behavior; Child Rearing.

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