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SOCIAL COMFORT [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 1987-01-27
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Clinical Psychology
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- social comfort 1, record 1, English, social%20comfort
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Socially isolated college students, 28 men and 26 women, who volunteered for a program to increase social comfort and activity in friendship interactions, were randomly assigned to a treatment involving 12 real-life practice interactions with other students, a treatment involving 12 practice interactions plus 9 hrs of social skills training, a minimal treatment control condition, or a delayed treatment control condition. (PSY/INFO) 2, record 1, English, - social%20comfort
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Multimodal evaluation of practice interactions as treatment for social isolation, Journal of Consulting Clinical Psychology, 1978, april, Vol. 46(2), pp. 239-2435. 2, record 1, English, - social%20comfort
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Psychologie clinique
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- confort social
1, record 1, French, confort%20social
proposal, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1987-01-27
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Clinical Psychology
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- social comfort zone 1, record 2, English, social%20comfort%20zone
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Many of the research studies tend to ignore what has been called the "social comfort zone". A basic tenet of reinforcement theory is that the magnitude of reward increases with the frequency of the event. 1, record 2, English, - social%20comfort%20zone
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Psychologie clinique
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- zone de confort social
1, record 2, French, zone%20de%20confort%20social
proposal, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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