Social Problem-Solving: Why Doesn't it Work?

1990 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Ralph
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
Alternative Model ◽  
Transfer Of Training ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Social Problem Solving ◽  
Verbal Cues ◽  
Natural Settings ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

Several studies are reviewed which evaluate the efficacy of training social problem-solving. Most of these studies reported assessing whether transfer of training took place following training. The means by which these assessments were made are examined and conclusions drawn concerning their validity. Attention is also drawn to the findings reported from several recent studies that question the efficacy of the step-by-step process model of training and propose an alternative model based on content analysis. Finally, the role of verbal cues in training social problem-solving is examined and a call made for the empirical analysis of competent behaviour in natural settings prior to training.

scholarly journals Recovery High School Attendance Effects on Student Delinquency and Substance Use: the Moderating Role of Social Problem Solving Styles

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 1104-1113
Author(s):  
Emily E. Tanner-Smith ◽  
Lindsey M. Nichols ◽  
Christopher M. Loan ◽  
Andrew J. Finch ◽  
D. Paul Moberg
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
School Attendance ◽  
Social Problem Solving ◽  
Recovery High School ◽  
High School Attendance ◽  
Moderating Role

4. Leave it to the Experts: Administrative Rationalism

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
John S. Dryzek
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
Environmental Problem ◽  
Social Problem Solving ◽  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Governmental Response

This chapter examines administrative rationalism, a discourse of environmental problem solving which captures the dominant governmental response to the onset of environmental crisis. Administrative rationalism emphasizes the role of the expert rather than the citizen or producer/consumer in social problem solving, and which stresses social relationships of hierarchy rather than equality or competition. The chapter first considers the manifestations of administrative rationalism in various institutions and practices, including environmental impact assessment, planning, and rationalistic policy analysis techniques, before discussing the discourse analysis of administrative rationalism. It then explains the justification of administrative rationalism and problems of administrative rationalism, caused in part by its association with bureaucracy. It also explores the implications of the transition from government to governance for administrative rationalism.

scholarly journals Structural Model of Explaining Social Problem Solving Skills in Teachers Based on Organizational Culture and Religious Orientation: The Mediating Role of Intellectual Property

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 192
Author(s):  
Khadijeh Abolmaali Al-Husseini ◽  
Fazeleh Mirghafoorian ◽  
Sara Razian
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
Religious Orientation ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Social Problem Solving ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Mediating Role

The aim of this study was to provide a structural model for explaining social problem solving skill in teachers based on organizational culture and religious orientation with the mediating role of intellectual property. The research method was of correlation type. The statistical population of the study was the teachers employed in the academic year 2017-2018 in two regions 1 and 6 of Tehran province. The statistical sample included 250 male and female teachers who were selected by the cluster random sampling method. For data collection, 4 questionnaires of social problem solving skill (De Zorilla et al., 2002), religious orientation (Bahrami, 2001), intellectual property questionnaire (Bonitz (1998), and organizational culture questionnaire with the Islamic approach of Attaran et al. (2017) were used. Data were collected using structural equation modeling (SEM) and analyzed at two levels of descriptive statistics and inferential level using AMOS and SPSS-22 software. The results showed that effective religious orientation predicts the adaptive skills of social problem solving in a positive and meaningful way and also intellectual property predicts adaptive skills of social problem solving in a positive and meaningful way in teachers. On the other hand, the findings indicated that intellectual property mediates the relationship between organizational culture and adaptive problem solving skills in a positive and meaningful way. But intellectual property does not significantly mediate the relationship between effective religious orientation and maladaptive social problem-solving skills. According to the research results, adaptive social problem solving skills of teachers are predicted based on organizational culture and religious orientation mediated by intellectual property.

Social Problem Solving and Aggression: The Role of Depression

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yalçın Özdemir ◽  
Yaşar Kuzucu ◽  
Nermin Koruklu
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
Social Problem Solving ◽  
Negatively Associated ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Turkish Youth ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of the present study was to examine direct and indirect relations among social problem-solving, depression, and aggression, as well as the mediating role of depression in the link between social problem-solving and aggression among Turkish youth. Data for the present study were collected from 413 adolescents. The participants’ age ranged from 14 to 17 with a mean of 15.74 years (SD = .97). Results indicated that social problem-solving was significantly and negatively associated with both depression and aggression. Also, depression significantly and positively associated with aggression and depression appears to act as a mediator in the relationship between social problem-solving and aggression. Findings suggest that social problem-solving and depression are important factors in understanding aggression among Turkish youth.

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