Practitioner's Guide to Empirically Based Measures of Social Skills (ABCT Clinical Assessment Series)

Social skills are at the core of mental health, so much so that deficits in this area are a criterion of clinical disorders, across both the developmental spectrum and the DSM. The __Practitioner’s Guide to Empirically-Based Measures of Social Skills__ gives clinicians and researchers an authoritative resource reflecting the ever growing interest in social skills assessment and its clinical applications. This one-of-a-kind reference approaches social skills from a social learning perspective, combining conceptual background with practical considerations, and organized for easy access to material relevant to assessment of children, adolescents, and adults. The contributors’ expert guidance covers developmental and diversity issues, and includes suggestions for the full range of assessment methods, so readers can be confident of reliable, valid testing leading to appropriate interventions. Key features of the Guide: * An official publication of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies * Describes empirically-based assessment across the lifespan * Provides in-depth reviews of nearly 100 measures, their administration and scoring, psychometric properties, and references * Highlights specific clinical problems, including substance abuse, aggression, schizophrenia, intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, and social anxiety * Includes at-a-glance summaries of all reviewed measures * Offers full reproduction of more than a dozen measures for children, adolescents, and adults, e.g. the Interpersonal Competence Questionnaire and the Teenage Inventory of Social Skills As social skills assessment and training becomes more crucial to current practice and research, the __Practitioner’s Guide to Empirically-Based Measures of Social Skills__ is a steady resource that clinicians, researchers, and graduate students will want close at hand. Front Matter....Pages i-xxii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Defining Competence and Identifying Target Skills....Pages 3-19 Social-Cognitive Models and Skills....Pages 21-35 A Conceptual Basis in Social Learning Theory....Pages 37-48 Front Matter....Pages 49-49 Social Skills and Psychological Adjustment....Pages 51-67 Assessing Children and Adolescents....Pages 69-85 Assessing Adults....Pages 87-98 Social Skills Interventions....Pages 99-115 Front Matter....Pages 117-117 Developmental Factors Related to the Assessment of Social Skills....Pages 119-134 Diversity Considerations in Assessing Social Skills....Pages 135-153 Anger and Aggression....Pages 155-166 Social Anxiety and Withdrawal....Pages 167-178 Assessment of Social Skills and Intellectual Disability....Pages 179-192 Assessment of Social Skills and Social Competence in Learners with Autism Spectrum Disorders....Pages 193-205 Schizophrenia....Pages 207-223 Assessment of Social Skills in Substance Use Disorders....Pages 225-249 Front Matter....Pages 251-251 Child Measures....Pages 253-325 Adolescent Measures....Pages 327-381 Adult Measures....Pages 383-418 Quick-View Guides....Pages 419-430 Reprints of Selected Measures....Pages 431-503 Front Matter....Pages 251-251 Glossary....Pages 505-506 Back Matter....Pages 419-538 Approaches social skills from a social learning perspective, combining conceptual background with practical considerations. This book covers developmental and diversity issues, and includes suggestions for a range of assessment methods. It describes empirically-based assessment across the lifespan Social skills assessment and training has become increasingly crucial to current psychological practice and research. This authoritative resource covers social skills assessment and its clinical applications and includes a full range of assessment methods