Contributions of social skills training to the socio-emotional development of children and adolescents
parental meanings
Keywords:
Child development, Parents, Qualitative research, Social skillsAbstract
Objective
This qualitative study aimed to understand parental meanings about the contribution of social skills training to the socioemotional development of their children.
Method
Semi-structured online interviews were conducted one to two years after the intervention with eight mothers and one father whose children, aged eight to 14, participated in a social skills training at a university in southern Brazil. The interviews were subjected to thematic analysis, prepared with the help of the webQDA software.
Results
Two categories emerged: Understanding social skills from the parents’ perspective and Repercussions of the experience of participating in social skills training for the child and for the parent-child relationship, analyzed based on the Bioecological Theory. Parents reported that their children learned skills on how to make friends, empathy, civility, self-control, emotional expressiveness, assertiveness and problem-solving.
Conclusion
For parents, social skills training favored the socioemotional development of their children, contributing to self-knowledge and social interactions.
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