A multiple-baseline analysis of social-skills training in chronic schizophrenics.
Social-skills training was applied to two male chronic schizophrenics. Component behaviors of social skill requiring modification were identified for each patient by rating videotapes of role-played interactions. Training involved instructions and feedback for one subject and instructions, feedback, and modelling for the second. Target behaviors were treated sequentially and cumulatively in a multiple-baseline format. Training was applied for both positive and negative assertion and for situation involving males and females. The results were positive for all behaviors for both patients. Follow-ups at 2, 4, 6, and 8 weeks after training indicated that most effects were maintained at near-treatment levels.
D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005133:Eye Movements; D005149:Facial Expression; D005246:Feedback; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007100:Imitative Behavior; D008297:Male; D012381:Role Playing; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012560:Schizophrenia, Catatonic / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012718:Set, Psychology; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012919:Social Behavior; D013997:Time Factors; D014705:Verbal Behavior