Abstract
The usefulness of role-play training in improving the accuracy of capabilities-oriented assessments of social skill was examined. Subjects reporting social difficulties sufficient to consider seeking professional help received either role-play training or demand-for-skill instructions prior to engaging in a role-play assessment of both assertion and conversational skills. Role-play training, which consisted of demand-for-skill instructions, covert rehearsal, ‘self-control’ desensitization, and cognitive restructuring, was associated with less subjective and behavioral anxiety, greater skill in assertiveness, and less awareness of negative thoughts and feelings than demand-for-skill instructions alone. Results are interpreted in light of the potential of capabilities-oriented assessments in determining the source of interpersonal impairments.
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