Teaching interpersonal relationship skills on campus: A pyramid approach.

Compared interpersonal communication skills training groups led by undergraduate paraprofessional leaders using an interpersonal-process-recall videotape-feedback model with groups using a limited structure encounter group model and no treatment control groups. 16 leaders were used in each type of training group. Interpersonal communication skills were measured in a posttest design with the Personal Orientation Inventory, Affective Sensitivity Scale, and 2 measures of peer relationships (e.g., Wisconsin Relationship Orientation Survey). Participants in the videotape feedback groups (n = 8 in each group) scored significantly higher than did the encounter or control groups. Further applications of the training model for use by paraprofessionals are considered. (23 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)