Target communicative perspective-taking and working memory in interventions for adolescent social difficulties¶
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Evidence · 6 claims (5 for, 1 mixed) · 1 study (1 associational),q3· 0 of 1 report an effect size · 6 claims rest on one study
Description¶
The authors recommend that interventions for adolescents' social difficulties target both communicative perspective-taking and the executive skills supporting it. They note that "interventions geared towards improved detection of the communicative intentions of others may be important" and that "enhancing the cognitive skills that support communicative perspective-taking, namely working memory, may be another avenue through which to bolster socio-communicative performance." They cite evidence that collaborative computer game training and working memory training have shown benefits.
Design Implications¶
Context¶
Requirements¶
- Interventions should address detection of communicative intentions and/or working memory capacity
Constraints¶
- Interventions improving social behaviour of children with ADHD tend not to influence social standing or peer perceptions
Target Learners¶
- adolescents with elevated ADHD traits
- adolescents with weak communicative perspective-taking
Target Learning Goals¶
- improved detection of communicative intentions
- improved peer relations
Claims¶
- Elevated ADHD traits are associated with weaker communicative perspective-taking in adolescents [+W]
- Inhibitory control did not relate to adolescents' communicative perspective-taking [~W]
- Communicative perspective-taking mediates the relation between ADHD traits and social outcomes [+W]
- Adolescents with weaker communicative perspective-taking report worse peer relations [+W]
- Working memory accounts for the relation between ADHD traits and communicative perspective-taking [+W]
- Working memory is the strongest predictor of adolescents' communicative perspective-taking [+W]
Related Strategies¶
Examples¶
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Key Sources¶
- Nilsen, E. S., & Bacso, S. A. (2017). Cognitive and Behavioural Predictors of Adolescents’ Communicative Perspective-taking and Social Relationships. Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.01.004
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Target communicative perspective-taking and working memory in interventions for adolescent social difficulties |
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The authors recommend that interventions for adolescents' social difficulties target both communicative perspective-taking and the executive skills supporting it. |
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