The Effectiveness of a cognitive processing -Based social skills training on social, emotional, psychological well-being and reduce the symptoms of children with conduct disorder

The purpose of the present study was to examine the effectiveness of a cognitive processing -Based social skills training on social, emotional, psychological well-being and reduce the symptoms of children with conduct disorder.

This research was an experimental study including pre-tests and post-tests with control group. The statistical Universe of the study included elementary school boys in Delfan city in the academic year 1392-93 (A.H.). The subjects of the study included 40 male students from among the male students in Delfan city identified by the scales of CSI-4 (parent & teacher form), psychological well–being Personal and Structured clinical interview and chosen through simple random sampling Then They were assigned to two groups of control and experimental (20 students in each group). Experimental group received eight cognitive processing -Based social skills training sessions for four weeks. Control group did not receive any training in this period. The data were analyzed using multiple covariance analyses.

The results of multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) showed that cognitive processing -Based social skills training on social, emotional, psychological well-being male students was effective.