Advances in neuroscience have added to the understanding of social functioning which has
become an increasing area of focus in the psychology and neuropsychology literature …

Despite agreement that children's social functioning may be the best indicator of current and
future behavioural and emotional problems, its measurement is under-developed. Measures …

Introduction Impairments in social functioning are associated with an array of adverse
outcomes. Social skills measures are commonly used by health professionals to assess and …

Reviewed research studies in which laboratory and performance-based measures were
used with success to identify problematic social interaction patterns and social skills deficits …

Social skills are at the core of mental health, so much so that deficits in this area are a
criterion of clinical disorders, across both the developmental spectrum and the DSM. The …

Social skills are the basis of human interactions and functioning in society. Social
competence (SC) is thought to evolve gradually during childhood and adolescence via the …

Social skill excesses and deficits have garnered considerable attention from researchers
and clinicians over the last three decades. This trend is undoubtedly due to the central role …

Analyzes social competence, an often used yet elusive concept. Although complex, it need
not be incomprehensible or unwieldy. Child and adolescent clients often engage in …

This study presents the findings of a systematic review of measures of social and emotional
skills for children and young people. The growing attention to this area in recent years has …

Social skills and social competence are key transdiagnostic processes in developmental
psychopathology and are the focus of an array of clinical interventions. In this Evidence …