Universidad Miguel Hernández.
Psicothema. 2020 May;32(2):229-236. doi: 10.7334/psicothema2019.240.
Super Skills for Life (SSL) is an innovative transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioral prevention program that has demonstrated positive results targeting children's internalizing problems. SSL has a strong component aimed at enhancing social competence, including strategies such as video-feedback with cognitive preparation. This study examined for the first time the immediate impact of SSL on improving social skills in young children with anxiety symptoms, as well as mediating factors predicting SSL anxiety outcomes.
Participants were 67 Spanish-speaking children aged 6-8 years old. Children were video-recorded and assessed behaviorally through a 2 minute speech task, before and after the 8-session program.
The results revealed significant positive behavioral changes related to children' social skills in several domains. Depression acted as a mediator of change in pre- to post-intervention generalized anxiety scores.
This study provides initial support for the usefulness of SSL to immediately improve social skills in young children with anxiety symptoms.
超级生活技能（SSL）是一种创新的跨诊断认知行为预防计划，针对儿童的内化问题已显示出积极的效果。SSL 有一个旨在增强社交能力的强大组成部分，包括视频反馈与认知准备等策略。这项研究首次考察了 SSL 对改善患有焦虑症状的幼儿社交技能的即时影响，以及预测 SSL 焦虑结果的中介因素。
参与者为 67 名讲西班牙语的 6-8 岁儿童。在 8 个疗程的项目之前和之后，通过 2 分钟的演讲任务对儿童进行录像和行为评估。
结果显示，与儿童社交技能相关的多个领域的行为发生了显著的积极变化。抑郁是干预前后广泛性焦虑评分变化的中介因素。
本研究初步支持 SSL 可立即改善患有焦虑症状的幼儿社交技能的有效性。
