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    
Individual Attributes

  Experimental Research Studies Non-Experimental Research Studies
Social Confidence: Social Assertiveness, Social Self-Efficacy, and Social Initiative
Program Level

- Linking the Interests of Families and Teachers (LIFT): Intervention involving parent training and child-behavior modification program

- Say it Straight (SIS): A social skills training program

- Structured Learning Training (SLT): A social reinforcement and behavioral modeling program aimed at fostering assertion skills.

- Bicultural Competence Skills Program: A program that provides skills training to promote competence and positive identity. Participants were rated higher on assertiveness than control group youth.

- Project Northland: A program that uses youth skill and parent competence training.

 
Individual Level

-Development of self-esteem, rehabilitation of certain manifestations of low self-esteem.

-Minimal aggression and antisociality in behavior.

Family Level

-High quality relationships and a high level of social support from parents and/or siblings.

Peer Level

-Peer acceptance and peer support.

-Friends with high social status.

-Participation in school-related activities.

-Interpersonal peer interaction.

Neighborhood/Community Level

-Frequent contact with community members, neighbors, and church leaders.


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