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This chapter describes assessment of social skills and social competence in people with schizophrenia and other severe and disabling psychiatric conditions. The sections of this chapter cover (1) a brief discussion of the construct of schizophrenia including the importance of addressing social skill deficits, (2) the impact of social skills deficits on mental health policy and services, (3) the evolution of key concepts and principles relevant to a behavioral, social learning-oriented perspective on schizophrenia, (4) assessment of social skills and competence in the context of comprehensive biopsychosocial case formulation, and (5) descriptions of instruments that assess the cognitive and behavioral levels of social skill and social competence.

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  1. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 207 Davie Hall, CB# 3270, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-3270, USA

    Jason E. Vogler

  2. Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588-0308, USA

    William D. Spaulding, Petra Kleinlein & Robert Johnson

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    Douglas W. Nangle

  2. Dept. Psychology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Lincoln, 68588-0308, U.S.A.

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Vogler, J.E., Spaulding, W.D., Kleinlein, P., Johnson, R. (2010). Schizophrenia. In: Nangle, D., Hansen, D., Erdley, C., Norton, P. (eds) Practitioner's Guide to Empirically Based Measures of Social Skills. ABCT Clinical Assessment Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0609-0_14

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