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The Youth Club Project: a Community-Based Intervention for Shy Adolescents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Mary F. Jackson  and
John S. Marzillier
Mary F. Jackson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Hollymoor Hospital
John S. Marzillier
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Birmingham
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A therapeutic youth club incorporating two forms of social skills training was set up for shy adolescents. The practicalities of setting up the club are described. A preliminary evaluation of its effectiveness suggested that it was favourably received by the participants. A comparison between an active form of social skills training, involving behaviour role-play and feedback, and a discussion form, did not differentiate between the two types of training. Further evaluation research of the youth club is suggested by these preliminary findings.

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Research Article
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , January 1982 , pp. 87 - 100
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1982

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