Abstract

BOLSONI-SILVA, Alessandra Turini; SALINA-BRANDAO, Alessandra; VERSUTI-STOQUE, Fabiana Maris  and  ROSIN-PINOLA, Andréa Regina. Evaluation of an intervention of parental educative social skills program: a pilot study. Psicol. cienc. prof. [online]. 2008, vol.28, n.1, pp. 18-33. ISSN 1414-9893.

Studies have pointed the relations between the deficit of social education skills of the parents and the behavior problem of their children. In relation to this subject, this research has the objective of describing the effects of the intervention process in parents aiming to promote their social educative skills. Two fathers and seven mothers contributed with this research choosing among their children the one with whom they have more relationship difficulties. For the evaluation: 1) for the parents’ difficulties, a structured interview was used and 2) for the intervention procedures, it was used a) a parental social educative skills questionnaire and b) a list of social skills. The results of the comparisons made before and after the intervention of the IHS-Del Prette show a rising on the score of the groups; in the comparisons of the QHSE-P it was verified the acquisitions of educative social skills: to express positive feelings, to thank praises, to deny and negotiate limits. It is discussed the need of procedures that may lead to the promotion of educative social skills as a way to increase the social knowledge of the parents.

Keywords : Training of social abilities; Educative social skills; Intervention with parents; Interaction parents-children.

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