BOLSONI-SILVA, Alessandra Turini    MATSUNAKA, Mayara Paula da Silva. The role of supervision in behaviour therapy in promoting social skills in psychology trainees. Gerais, Rev. Interinst. Psicol. []. 2017, 10, 2, pp. 204-214. ISSN 1983-8220.

Psychologist needs academical and interpersonal skills and the university can be an environment to the acquisition of these abilities. Acting of Psychology students in their clientele can be a risk factor to mental health problems. The objective of this paper is to compare three moments (, early middle and late) of a supervised internship at Behavioural Clinical Psychology in relation to mental health indicators (anxiety and depression), social skills, consequences and feelings. 14 women and one man participated in this study. They, who are 5th-year Psychology undergraduate students, answered to two social skill instruments (IHS-Del Prette and QHC-Universitários) “in which the QHC-Universitários also measures mental health indicators. Results point to a decreasing of mental health indicators, an increasing of social skills and a reducing of non-skilled behaviours in the interaction with different interlocutors “what generates positive consequences and reduces negative consequences and feelings.

: Supervised Internship; Social Skills; Behaviour Therapy; Anxiety; Depression.

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