Assessment of social skills in visually-handicapped adolescents.
The present study provided a comprehensive behavioral assessment of social skill in visually-handicapped adolescents. Role-play tests, standardized interviews, parent ratings and judgements of physical attractiveness were employed to evaluate level of social functioning among: (1) 18 visually-handicapped adolescents in a residential school; (2) 17 visually-handicapped adolescents in public schools; and (3) 17 sighted adolescents in public schools. Results indicated that visually-handicapped adolescents exhibited deficits on selected verbal components of social skill. Moreover, these deficiencies were most apparent in visually-handicaped Ss from a residential setting. Findings are discussed in terms of the utility of social skills training for a subset of visually-handicapped adolescents and the importance of additional controlled research with visually-handicapped persons.
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000523:psychology*; D004519:Education, Special; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012381:Role Playing; D012917:Social Adjustment; D014705:Verbal Behavior