Virtual humans, with realistic behaviors and increasingly humanlike social skills, evoke in users a range of social behaviors normally only seen in human face-to-face interactions. One of the key challenges in creating such virtual humans is giving them human-like conversational skills. Traditional conversational virtual humans usually make turn-taking decisions depending on explicit cues, such...

aim and background: this study investigated the effectiveness of group play on social skills of female preschool children (6-7 years old).   methods and materials: in this semi-experimental study, 20 female 6-7 year-old children were randomly selected and assigned to intervention and control groups (n = 10 in each). the intervention group participated 12 sessions of group play. all children wer...

objective: the present study was carried out to study the relationship between sensation seeking and social skills in two groups of school age patients down-syndrome (ds) and autism disorder (ds).  methods: this is a descriptive-analytic and correlation study in which all participants were of primary school age (10 to 13 years) with down-syndrome and autism disorder of autism spectrum disorder ...

Few evidence-based social interventions exist for young adults with high-functioning autism, many of whom encounter significant challenges during the transition into adulthood. The current study investigated the feasibility of an engaging Virtual Reality Social Cognition Training intervention focused on enhancing social skills, social cognition, and social functioning. Eight young adults diagno...

Previous research has investigated age differences in complex social perception tasks such as theory of mind and emotion recognition, with predominant findings of age-related declines. The present study investigated whether there are also age-related changes in basic aspects of social perception. Individuals' ability both to detect subtle differences in eye-gaze direction (e.g., where someone i...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe a framework for conceptualizing the role of emotional and social skills in effective leadership and management and provides preliminary suggestions for research and for the development of leader emotional and social skills. Design/methodology/approach – The paper generalizes a dyadic communications framework in order to describe the process of ...

background : life skills have different effects on various aspects of the mental health. social adjustment prepares adolescents for entering to the adulthood. on the other hand, humor and joking in the education is considered as a stress reducer and learning increaser. therefore, the present study conducted aimed to determine the effect of acquiring life skills through humor on the social adjus...

This paper reviews the literature examining social skills training (SST) programs for youth with AS/HFA, with an emphasis on critically evaluating efficacy and highlighting areas of future research. The review highlights the disparity between SST programs described in the extant literature, including lack of a universal definition of social skills, various levels of intensity and duration of tr...

Current interpersonal models suggest that social anxiety disorder (SAD) is characterized by interpersonal difficulties. Individuals with SAD and fear of showing bodily symptoms also suffer from interpersonal problems, such as not being open and avoidance of expressing insecurity. Training in social skills could, therefore, be an effective approach.We examined the overall anddifferential effects...

abstract   introduction: self-esteem play essential roles in all of life aspects of peoples, particularly adolescents with intellectual disablity. therefore, emphasized on instruction of programs that led to improvement of self-esteem. this study was aimed to investigate of the effctiveness of social skills training on self-esteem of adolescents with intellectual disability in mazandaran provin...