| Summary: | Interpersonal problem solving skills - IPSS are important for psychosocial adaptation of people. This
study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a program for the development ofHSPI, applied by teachers.
Participants were 203 students from a public elementary school, aged between six and ten years, and their
teachers. The children were allocated in two groups - intervention and comparison. The groups were
evaluated before and after intervention as their social skills, IPSS, behavior problems and academic
performance, by means of the Social Skills Rating Scale, Child Interpersonal Problem Solving Test and
Academic Performance Test. Only children in the intervention group showed significant improvements in
all parameters investigated. These results highlights the importance of prevention programs in the
schools.
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