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KMID : 0981220050050020065
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Congnitive Behavior Therapy in Korea
2005 Volume.5 No. 2 p.65 ~ p.74
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Effects of Social Skill Training for Middle-Aged Chronic Schizophrenia: A Preliminary Study
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Kim Chang-Gon
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Abstract
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Since most prior studies for cognitive behavior therapy and social skills training in patients with schizophrenia have usually involved subjects who were younger than 40 years old, the research in middle-aged and older patients is needed. The purpose of this preliminary study was to test the effect of social skill training in middle-aged patients with chronic schizophrenia. The subjects were 8 inpatients with middle-aged chronic schizophrenia. The social skill training had been applied with weekly session by Liberman’s social skill training modules for 8 weeks. Before and after training, the level of social skills about participants were assessed by RCS(Relationship Change Scale)and RAS(Rathus Assertiveness Scale).
Middle-aged patients with chronic schizophrenia showed improvement over the training period on interpersonal relationship. Total score of RCS were significantly increased (0.012). These results suggest that middle-aged patients with chronic schizophrenia may benefit from participation in social skill training. Further larger studies in middle-aged and elderly patients with schizophrenia would be needed to explore the effectiveness of social skill training in these subjects.
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KEYWORD
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Middle-age, Chronic Schizophrenia, Social Skills Training, Interpersonal Relationship,
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