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Interpersonal Skills--Some New Approaches.
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Margerison, Charles J. – Journal of European Industrial Training, 1988
The author discusses methods used to develop conversation control skills. Issues covered include (1) features of problem-centered and solution-centered conversation, (2) when to be problem-centered and when to be solution-centered, and (3) how to use the skills. (Author/CH)
Descriptors: Adults, Interpersonal Competence, Meetings, Problem Solving
Comprehensive Employment Preparation for Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities: An Empirical Paradigm.
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Wodarski, John S.; And Others – Adolescence, 1989
Presents Comprehensive Employment Preparation program, an intervention designed to help youth and young adults with developmental disabilities acquire skills necessary to prepare them for effective functioning as self-sustaining, working members of society. Delineates such community-based strategies as vocational enrichment programs; pursuing,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Developmental Disabilities, Interpersonal Competence, Job Training
Negotiating: A Conceptual Model.
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Mastenbroek, Willem F.G. – Group and Organization Studies, 1980
Offers a conceptual model based on two encompassing perspectives: (1) negotiating as a set of dilemmas that are derived from the "cooperation-fighting" polarity and (2) negotiating as a composition of four kinds of activities, each connected to a different intention. (Author)
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Cooperation, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence
Styles in Intimate Relationships: The A-R-C Model.
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L'Abate, Luciano – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1983
Links internal personality differentiation to external patterns of interpersonal style. Suggests three basic styles in intimate relationships: apathy, reactivity, and conductivity. Discusses each style in detail. (RC)
Descriptors: Apathy, Emotional Response, Individual Differences, Interpersonal Competence
Comment on Gotlib and Asarnow's Learned Helplessness Study.
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Rohsenow, Damaris J. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1980
Gotlib and Asarnow suggest that learned helplessness may not adequately model clinical depression. They reply to Rohsenow's criticism that Gotlib and Asarnow's conclusions are unwarranted because the null hypothesis is not demonstrated by a single study and because adequate diagnostic criteria are not presented. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Depression (Psychology), Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Concreteness: Getting at Specifics in Client Problems.
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Turock, Art – American Mental Health Counselors Association Journal, 1979
Counseling skills of concreteness enable clients to get a more specific awareness of their present problems and develop more functional strategies for taking action. A conceptual framework for recognizing and eliciting client material that needs to be explored concretely is presented. (Author)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Client Relationship, Counselor Training
Problem-Oriented Parent Conferences: A Training Strategy for School Personnel.
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Wallbrown, Fred H.; Prichard, Karen Kidd – 1979
This paper focuses on the first steps (Planning and Organization) of a three-stage model designed to help school personnel deal with problem-oriented parent-teacher conferences. Seven distinct steps of the Planning and Organization stage are described in detail: (1) specifying the problem; (2) organizing information; (3) specifying objectives; (4)…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Helping Relationship, Inservice Teacher Education, Interpersonal Competence