The Evaluation of a Kindergarten Social Problem Solving Program
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1982
Keywords
Public Health, Training Program, Health Psychology, Social Problem, Direct Linkage
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01324304
Abstract
The present study evaluated the effectiveness of a Social Problem Solving (SPS) competence training program for kindergartners, and examined relationships between SPS skill and adjustment gains. Subjects included 63 suburban middle-classSs from three classes, who participated in the 42 lesson program, and 46 comparisonSs from two classes, who did not. Subjects were evaluated on problem solving, peer sociometric and teacher adjustment ratings. Program children gave significantly more, and better, solutions, and fewer irrelevant responses to interpersonal problems. They also improved more than comparisonSs on several teacher-rated dimensions of adjustment. Direct linkages between skill and adjustment gains, however, were not found.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Primary Prevention, v. 2, issue 4, p. 205-216
Scholar Commons Citation
Winer, Janice I.; Hilpert, Pamela L.; Gesten, Ellis L.; Cowen, Emory L.; and Schubin, Wendy E., "The Evaluation of a Kindergarten Social Problem Solving Program" (1982). Psychology Faculty Publications. 1431.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/1431
