CONVERSATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING WITH SCHIZOPHRENIC INPATIENTS - A STUDY OF GENERALIZATION ACROSS SETTINGS AND CONVERSANTS

Three male schizophrenic inpatients were taught appropriate conversati onal behavior using social skills training (SST). Subjects were taught verbal skills in an office and those behaviors were monitored in that setting as well as covertly assessed in the ward dayhall and courtyar d during encounters with unit staff and strangers. SST produced large and consistent increases in responding in the training setting; howeve r, generalization across settings and conversants varied greatly depen ding on the subject, skill,