Diego Sara, Morales Alexandra, Orgilés Mireia
Department of Health Psychology, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche, Elche, Spain.
Dev Psychopathol. 2023 Sep 25:1-10. doi: 10.1017/S0954579423001189.
Emotional disorders in children are often associated with low self-concept and problems with peers, and in many cases externalizing symptoms. Super Skills for Life (SSL) is a transdiagnostic treatment for emotional problems in children that has also shown benefits in other comorbid symptoms. This study aimed to examine, for the first time, the effect of SSL on a clinical sample of Spanish children aged 8-12 years with a major emotional disorder and comorbid externalizing symptoms and low self-concept. A quasi-experimental design with two groups, pretest and posttest, was carried out. Thirty-eight children received the SSL intervention, and 36 children were assigned to a wait-list control (WLC) group. Children in SSL showed statistically fewer posttest emotional symptoms ( < .001), peer problems ( = .002), and overall internalizing and externalizing difficulties ( = .005) compared to children in WLC, in addition to higher posttest self-concept ( = .002). There were no differences in the postinterventional changes between boys and girls in internalizing and externalizing symptoms. However, significant differences were found in some facets of self-concept. The results of this study suggest that the SSL protocol may be useful in Spanish clinical contexts. Still, more research is needed to overcome some of the inherent limitations.
儿童情绪障碍通常与低自尊以及同伴关系问题有关，在许多情况下还伴有外化症状。生活超级技能（SSL）是一种针对儿童情绪问题的跨诊断治疗方法，在其他共病症状方面也显示出益处。本研究旨在首次考察SSL对8至12岁患有主要情绪障碍、共病外化症状和低自尊的西班牙儿童临床样本的影响。采用了两组的准实验设计，包括前测和后测。38名儿童接受了SSL干预，36名儿童被分配到等待名单对照组（WLC）。与WLC组的儿童相比，SSL组的儿童在后测时情绪症状（<.001）、同伴问题（=.002）以及内化和外化总体困难（=.005）在统计学上显著减少，此外后测时自尊更高（=.002）。男孩和女孩在内化和外化症状的干预后变化方面没有差异。然而，在自尊的某些方面发现了显著差异。本研究结果表明，SSL方案在西班牙临床环境中可能有用。不过，仍需要更多研究来克服一些固有的局限性。
