Effectiveness of a social relations intervention program for aggressive and nonaggressive, rejected children.
A sample of 52 Black aggressive, rejected and nonaggressive, rejected children were randomly assigned to receive a social relations intervention or to be in a nonintervention control group. The school-based intervention for fourth-grade children focused on positive social skill training and cognitive-behavioral strategies to promote deliberate, nonimpulsive problem solving. At both the post-treatment and the 1-year follow-up assessments, the social relations intervention was found to be effective only with the aggressive, rejected children. Implications for the importance of assessing subtypes of rejected children are discussed.
Lochman
J E
JE
Department of Psychology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27706.
Coie
J D
JD
Underwood
M K
MK
Terry
R
R
D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012059:Rejection, Psychology; D012960:Socioenvironmental Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D012963:Sociometric Techniques; D016896:Treatment Outcome