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A Meta-Analysis of Controlled Research on Social Skills Training for Schizophrenia
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A meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials of social skills training for schizophrenia was conducted. Outcome measures from 22 studies including 1,521 clients were categorized according to a proximal-distal continuum in relation to the presumed site of action of skills training interventions, with content mastery tests and performance-based measures of skills assumed to be most proximal, community functioning and negative symptoms intermediate, and general symptoms and relapse most distal. Results reveal a large weighted mean effect size for content-mastery exams (d = 1.20), a moderate mean effect size for performance-based measures of social and daily living skills (d = 0.52), moderate mean effect sizes for community functioning (d = 0.52) and negative symptoms (d = 0.40), and small mean effect sizes for other symptoms (d = 0.15) and relapse (d = 0.23). These results support the efficacy of social skills training for improving psychosocial functioning in schizophrenia.
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“Social skills training can be an effective treatment in the field of many mental disorders such as social phobia, depression, or schizophrenia [1,2,3,4].”
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- Authors
- Kurtz, M. M., & Mueser, K. T.
- Affiliations
- Wesleyan University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kurtz, Matthew M.
- Venue
- Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
- Published
- 2008
- Volume
- 76
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 491-504
- ISSN
- 0022-006X (ISSN-L)
- 1939-2117
- OpenAlex
- W2157211509
- Cited by
- 425
- References
- 83
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 3.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (K08 MH-69888; R34 MH-074786; R34 MH-0712529; R01 MH-77210; R01 MH-064662)
- National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SM-57261)
- National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research (H-133G050230)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Keywords
- social skills training, schizophrenia, psychosocial functioning, community functioning, negative symptoms, relapse, content mastery, social skills, daily living skills, intervention efficacy
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Schizophrenia, Social Behavior, Socialization, Teaching, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
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