SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING AND SELF-ESTEEM IN ADOLESCENCE: A CASE STUDY ¹

Social Skills Training (SST) in the school context can be effective and relevant for increasing adolescents’ self-esteem. Therefore, this article aimed to reveal, in a single case study format, the intervention techniques applied and to analyze a teenager's behavioral and emotional achievements in an SST group. The participant of this study was a female adolescent in the ninth grade of elementary school at a private school. Qualitative and quantitative data obtained at pre and post-test evaluations allowed us to describe the therapeutic intervention process and observe the improvement of social skills accompanied by increased self-esteem. In the studied case, the SST process contributed to overcoming interpersonal difficulties. The SST applied can be considered a viable technical resource to increase adolescents' self-esteem in the school context.

Keywords:
Social skills; self-esteem; cognitive training