Other 'What Works' Topics
Social Competency
By Elizabeth C. Hair, Ph.D., Justin Jager, and Sarah B. Garrett
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Parent-Child Relationship Sibling Relationships Grandparent and Other Family Member Relationships Non-Familial Adult Relationships Peer Relationships: Platonic Relationships Peer Relationships: Romantic Relationships Conflict Resolution Skills
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Intimacy Skills Prosocial Behaviors Self-Control/Behavior Regulation Social Confidence: Assertiveness, Self-Efficacy, and Initiative Empathy/Sympathy    
Non-Family Relationships

  Experimental Research Studies Non-Experimental Research Studies
Peer Relationships:
Romantic Relationships
Program Level

- Anxiety-reduction through desensitization training and/or replication skills training.

- Safe Dates Project: Intervention consisted of role-playing, a poster contest, and a curriculum on violence, gender stereotyping and conflict management. Development of victim services available in the community. (N=1,892)A month after the end of the program, participants in the treatment group reported committing 60% less violence against their romantic partner than the those control group.

 
Individual Level

-Previous exposure to successful heterosocial exchanges and functional heterosocial relationships.

Family Level

-Communication with parents, particularly mothers, about romantic relationships.

-Parents who have remained married or who otherwise model functional romantic relationships.

Program Level

-Practice dating, counseling, self-reinforcement, behavioral rehearsal, "heterosexual group discussion", participant modeling, self-observation by videotape, desensitization, sensitivity training, behavior-skills-training, sexual education, and "cognitive modification".


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