TRAINING INTERPERSONAL PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS IN FRENCH-SPEAKING SWITZERLAND

The instrument, Assessment of interpersonal Problem-Solving Skills (AI PSS), and the rehabilitation intervention, Training in Interpersonal P roblem-Solving Skills (TIPSS), which were developed at UCLA in the USA , were adapted for a French-speaking cultural setting in Geneva, Switz erland Pilot studies replicated the original USA findings on the AIPSS and the TIPSS. These methods were practicable with French-speaking pa tients and fit readily into a French cultural setting with little adap tation.