Social Effectiveness

Abstract

The ability to effectively manage social interactions is key to achieving many life goals. A substantial amount of research has been conducted in rehabilitation counseling and rehabilitation psychology that includes a consideration of some aspect of social effectiveness. The purpose of this study was to collect and synthesize the past 30 years of rehabilitation counseling and rehabilitation psychology research addressing aspects of social effectiveness. A total of 13 terms (e.g., interpersonal skills, social competence, social functioning, and soft skills) were used to search six of the most prominent rehabilitation counseling and rehabilitation psychology journals from the period January 1982 to May 2013. A total of 608 articles were identified as including at least one of the search terms, with 175 using a search term prominently and the other 433 only passively. Social skills, social functioning, and social competence were among the most frequently used search terms, accounting for almost 90% of all used terms. It was found that social effectiveness constructs were rarely defined and often used interchangeably. Twenty-nine interventions studies had been published in the 30-year period. Results reflect a substantial and useful body of literature in this area of research while also conveying an opportunity for the development of a more systematic, unified, and theory-driven approach to understanding and addressing aspects of social effectiveness.

Evaluation of Constructs Based on Self-Determination Theory and Self-Efficacy Theory as Predictors of Vocational Rehabilitation Engagement for People With Physical and Sensory Disabilities

“…Social efficacy is essential to successful functioning in home, school, work, and social settings (Hansen et al, 1998;S. M. Miller & Chan, 2008;Phillips et al, 2016), and social functioning is also a building block for social support (S. M. Miller & Chan, 2008). Disability acceptance, perceived social functioning, agreeableness, and perceived social support were significantly associated with VR engagement at the bivariate correlation level.…”

Dimensions of social rehabilitation: A qualitative interpretive meta-synthesis

“…However, discussions on the actual concept of social rehabilitation and its meaning have remained scarce. Similarly, in research addressing the social aspect of rehabilitation, ample reference is made, for example, to social interaction, community participation, achieving or maintaining social roles, or understanding the social demands of the environment (e.g., Hammel et al, 2015;Phillips et al, 2016). However, in these studies, the potential client groups, forms, and aims of social rehabilitation include so much variation and interpretation that its practical implementation remains challenging (Phillips et al, 2016).…”

“…To gain insights into the concept itself, research on the definitions in concrete applications of social rehabilitation as well as stronger theoretical and model-driven base for analyzing the social aspect of rehabilitation are needed (Hammel et al, 2015;Phillips et al, 2016). Our article contributes to this discussion by providing an overview of the descriptions and applications of the concept of social rehabilitation in different contexts and settings in light of research literature from 1980 to 2019.…”

Facial Emotion Recognition: Virtual Reality Program for Facial Emotion Recognition—A Trial Program Targeted at Individuals With Schizophrenia

“…Since the 1970s, the quality of clinical intervention was almost exclusively related to psychopharmacology; however, nowadays, rehabilitative approaches intended to enable people with functional limitations to achieve the highest level of personal, familiar, professional, and social functioning in the least restrictive environment possible (Ministry of Health, 2004; Phillips, Deiches, Morrison, & Kaseroff, 2016). Future interventions should be directed toward social cognition aspects such as empathy, which are undervalued in research, as the ultimate goal of sociocognitive intervention lies in enabling people with SMI to achieve a longer and more lasting improvement with regard to functionality.…”

“…Implementation can be done either within the therapeutic context or, following a therapeutic decision, in the context of the individual’s real life (using ordinary portable equipment) and eventually involving family members or significant others. This training aims to trigger generalization (Phillips et al, 2016) and to promote transference of emotion recognition competence to daily life interactions.…”