Desarrollo de habilidades sociales desde el enfoque racional emotivo conductual

Abstract

Social skills are skills that the individual develops over the course of the evolutionary process to establish healthy interpersonal relationships to achieve short, medium- and long-term goals. The importance of the family, cultural and social factor is highlighted as integrating elements of social skills. The correct elaboration of each one of the factors establishes adequate models of behavior, being reflected in the correct handling and control of the different fields of action of the subject. Albert Ellis' ABC model addresses the irrational ideas or beliefs that prevent the normal development of the person and social competences. It postulates that the main source of emotional and behavioral disturbance is due to a dysfunctional and inadequate belief system. The belief system influences the interpretation and value judgments made about reality, the world and oneself. Rational emotional behavioral techniques such as rational emotional psychoeducation, Socratic method, philosophical debate, logical analysis and evaluation, relaxation techniques, behavioral rehearsal, rational emotional imagination, rational self-analysis, conflict resolution training and rational self-instruction are applied to identify and modify inadequate thought patterns. The application of rational emotive-behavioral therapy REBT develops the patient's critical-logical thinking and provides an adequate management of emotions and behaviors, allowing the promotion, reinforcement and maintenance of social skills. The objective of the work was to develop social skills from the rational-emotional-behavioral approach, based on the review and analysis of bibliographic references.