Social Skills Training with Early Adolescents: Effects on Social Skills, Well-being, Self-esteem and Coping.

Bijstra, Jan O.; Jackson, Sandy

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ERIC Number: EJ596093

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Publication Date: 1998

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Social Skills Training with Early Adolescents: Effects on Social Skills, Well-being, Self-esteem and Coping.

Bijstra, Jan O.; Jackson, Sandy

European Journal of Psychology of Education, v13 n4 p569-83 Dec 1998

Discusses the educational effects of social skills training on 14- to 16-year-old normal adolescents' social learning principles (social skills, self-esteem, well-being, and coping). Finds that the training was successful in several respects: (1) social anxiety decreased; (2) social activity increased; (3) self-esteem improved; and (4) used adequate coping-strategies. (CMK)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Coping, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Interpersonal Competence, Secondary Education, Self Esteem, Student Behavior, Well Being

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands

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