Social skills training for adolescents: an experience in the program of comprehensive attention to the family/Treinamento de habilidades sociais para adolescentes: uma experiencia no Programa de Atencao Integral a Familia

This paper presents a process evaluation of a social skills program for adolescents from the Comprehensive Attention to the Family Program. The intervention consisted of 11 psychoeducational group sessions, with cognitive behavioral techniques. The results revealed satisfaction toward the interventi...

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Published in:Psicologia, reflexão e crítica reflexão e crítica, 2009-03, Vol.22 (1), p.136
Main Authors: de Paula, Mariana Silva, Murta, Sheila Giardini
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
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Summary:This paper presents a process evaluation of a social skills program for adolescents from the Comprehensive Attention to the Family Program. The intervention consisted of 11 psychoeducational group sessions, with cognitive behavioral techniques. The results revealed satisfaction toward the intervention, mainly about the freedom to self-expression and the positive effects of the intervention. The most frequent adherence indicators to the group were to report problems, to report feelings, to explain the causes of their own behavior and to offer support to their colleagues. The data indicate that the intervention had a successful process, which results and impact may be verified in future studies. Keywords: Social skills; adolescense; Program of Comprehensive Attention to the Family. Este artigo apresenta uma avaliacao do processo de um programa de habilidades sociais para adolescentes vinculados ao Programa de Atencao Integral a Familia (PAIF). A intervencao foi feita em 11 sessoes grupais psico-educativas, com tecnicas cognitivo-comportamentais. Os resultados revelaram satisfacao frente a intervencao, principalmente no que se refere a liberdade para se expressar e aos efeitos positivos da intervencao. Os indicadores de comprometimento com o grupo que mais frequentes foram relatar problemas, relatar sentimentos, explicar a causa do proprio comportamento e oferecer apoio ao colega. Os dados indicam que a intervencao teve um processo bem sucedido, cujos resultados e impactos deverao ser verificados em estudos futuros. Palavras-chave: Habilidades sociais; adolescencia; Programa de Atencao Integral a Familia.
ISSN:0102-7972