| Impact of a social skills intervention on the hostile attributions of children with prenatal alcohol exposure. | |
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PMID: 19930237 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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BACKGROUND: Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) has been linked to a wide array of developmental deficits, including significant impairments in social skills. Given the extensive body of evidence linking social information-processing patterns with social behavior, it is possible that social information-processing may represent one mechanism of behavioral change. The present investigation sought to answer the question of whether a well-established social skills intervention decreased the hostile attributions of children with PAE. Further, was there a differential impact of the intervention on hostile attributions in the context of peer provocation versus group entry scenarios? METHODS: Participants consisted of 100 children (51% male) with PAE between the ages of 6 and 12 years. Participants were randomly assigned to either a social skills intervention, Children's Friendship Training (CFT), or to a Delayed Treatment Control (DTC) condition. RESULTS: Analyses indicated that the social skills intervention resulted in a significantly lower proportion of hostile attributions in peer group entry, but not peer provocation, scenarios. This decrease was maintained over a 3-month follow-up period. CONCLUSIONS: Deficits in social information-processing among individuals with PAE can be improved through social skills intervention, and these changes may lead to more positive developmental outcomes. |
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Vivien Keil; Blair Paley; Fred Frankel; Mary J O'Connor |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Date: 2009-11-20 |
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Title: Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research Volume: 34 ISSN: 1530-0277 ISO Abbreviation: Alcohol. Clin. Exp. Res. Publication Date: 2010 Feb |
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Created Date: 2010-01-18 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7707242 Medline TA: Alcohol Clin Exp Res Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 231-41 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 92630, USA. vkeil29@gmail.com |
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