Interpersonal Problem Solving and Social Competence in Children

Abstract

(from the chapter) discuss social competence [in children] with particular reference to the literature that has emerged, over the past 20 years or so, concerning interpersonal or social problem-solving skills / begin . . . with some prototypical definitions of social competence / describe how these definitions best fit into the frame of problem solving in the social domain / focus on the ways that social skills are studied, on the development of interpersonal problem-solving skills, and on the contemporaneous correlates and the predictive consequences of competent and incompetent social problem-solving skills in childhood / present a brief overview of investigations designed to prevent or ameliorate difficulties in social problem-solving development in children /// models of interpersonal problem-solving (IPS) / the assessment of children's social problem-solving skills / individual differences in children's IPS skills / treating IPS deficits in children (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2000 APA, all rights reserved) Record 54 of 118 in PsycINFO 1992-1995