Neuropsychological correlates of social skills

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dc.contributor.authorSherman, Elisabeth Mary Suzanne
dc.contributor.supervisorJoschko, Michael
dc.contributor.supervisorStrauss, Esther
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-26T19:39:03Z
dc.date.available2018-07-26T19:39:03Z
dc.date.copyright1997en_US
dc.date.issued2018-07-26
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
dc.degree.levelDoctor of Philosophy Ph.D.en_US
dc.description.abstractCase studies and a small number of group studies in the neuropsychological literature on adults and children with brain dysfunction suggest that certain cognitive skills are important determinants of social skills. However, standardised measures of social skills designed expressly to measure this construct have not been used previously in the neuropsychological field. The goal of this study was to determine neuropsychological correlates of social skills in children referred for neuropsychological assessment, and compare the findings to the cognitive skills identified in social information processing models from developmental and clinical psychology. In younger children (6 to 9 years), only a measure of conceptual ability was related to social skills. However, from a clinical standpoint, differences in conceptual skills between socially impaired and socially skilled children were minimal. In older children (10 to 13 years), sustained attention and verbal reasoning were strong, unique predictors of social skills. However, only differences in sustained attention between socially skilled and unskilled children were clinically significant. Results were discussed with regards to 1) social information processing models, 2) the effect of age on the cognitive correlates of social skills; and 3) the relationship between insight and social skills.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/9778
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectLearning disabilitiesen_US
dc.subjectMinimal brain dysfunctionen_US
dc.titleNeuropsychological correlates of social skillsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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