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The Effects Of A Social Skills Training Program On Constructive Conflict Resolution Techniques In Parent-Adolescent Dyads, Thomas A. Mills

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The primary purpose of this thesis was to assess the effects of a short verses long-term social skills training program on (a) enhancing adolescent and parent social skills, while Cb) reducing conflict and distress and enhancing warmth and cohesion. A modified pretest - posttest control group design was employed wherein the control group for the first experiment became a portion of the experimental group for the second experiment. The sample consisted of ~3 parent-adolescent dyads who volunteered to participate. Of those, 25 met the minimum criteria for being included in the analysis, 18 dyads from the experimental group and 7 …