Effects of Interpersonal Problem-Solving Training With Chronic Aftercare Patients on Problem-Solving Component Skills and Effectiveness of Solutions

Authors

David J. Hansen, University of MississippiFollow
Janet S. St. Lawrence, University of Mississippi
Karen A. Christoff, University of Mississippi

Date of this Version

1-1-1985

Comments

Published in Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 53:2 (1985), pp. 167–174. Copyright © 1985 American Psychological Association. Used by permission. “This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record.” http://www.apa.org/journals/

Abstract

Seven chronic psychiatric patients who were enrolled in a partial-hospitalization program and had difficulty solving interpersonal problems received group skills training. A multiple-baseline design was used to demonstrate training effectiveness through improved problem solving on trained situations and through skill generalization to novel, untrained situations. Maintenance of the training was evaluated after 1 month and 4 months. Social validation was accomplished by comparing the problem-solving competency of the patient sample with skills demonstrated by “normal” nonpsychiatric persons in their community.