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This study was designed to investigate the effects of social skills training on children's social development. Two intermediate age classes of kindergarten, consisting of a training class and a non - training class, were compared. 26 children of the training class were coached in social skills by the class teacher : verbally initiating to a peer(a), responding to another child's initiation, offering support to peers, and so on. Social assessments by behavioral observation and personality test were administered after the training. There were no significant differences in total scores of social assessments consisting of eight items. There were, however, significant differences in sub-items ; especially, the training class was superior to the non - training class in positive interaction with peer groups. Moreover, the training children showed significantly lower emotionality such as anxiety and neuroticism than the non - training children. The results suggest that teacher intervention and training enhance participation to peer groups and school environment, and that positive interaction with peer groups promotes mental stability. |
