YES I DO MIND - SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING FOR NON-SMOKERS

Social skills training was used to teach two non-smokers to effectively alter the disturbing smoking behavior of others in their immediate environments. Training included instructions, modeling, behavioral rehearsal and therapist feedback on specific target responses. The training procedure changed all targeted behaviors in the desired directions during role-played interactions, and persisted at a six-month follow-up. Training effects also generalized to (1) laboratory scenes on which the subjects received no training and (2) to the immediate natural environments of the subjects. Descriptors: smoking, social skills training, modeling, role-playing, multiple baseline, naturalist assessment, non-smokers rights. © 1979.