College-student males (n = 27) with self-reported heterosocial difficulties received treatment that was either matched or mismatched to their identified (by questionnaires) problematic response class of social anxiety, social skills deficits, or irrational cognitions. Both matched and mismarched treatments produced significant pre-post changes on the questionnaire measures, but only marched treatment produced significant pre-post changes on the role-playing and self-monitoring measures.
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