Impact of social skills intervention on the hostile attributions of children with prenatal alcohol
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Prenatal alcohol exposure has been linked to a wide array of developmental deficits, including significant impairments in social skills. Given the extensive body of evidence linking social information-processing patterns with social behavior, it is possible that social information-processing may represent one mechanism of behavioral change. The present investigation sought to answer the question of whether a well established social skills intervention decreased the hostile attributions of children with PAE. Further, was there a differential impact of the intervention on hostile attributions in the context of peer provocation versus groups entry scenarios? Participants consisted of 100 children with PAE between the ages of 6 and 12 years old. Participants were randomly assigned to either a social skills intervention, Children's Friendship Training, or to a Delayed Treatment Control condition. Analyses indicated that the social skills intervention resulted in a significantly lower proportion of hostile attributions in peer group entry, but not peer provocation, scenarios. This decrease was maintained over a 3 month follow-up period. Deficits in social information-processing among individuals with PAE can be improved through social skills interventions and these changes may lead to more positive developmental outcomes.
Keyword(s):
Social skills, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum, Research
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Peer-reviewed publications in scholarly journals Published/In Press
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Consumers/Families, Professionals
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