In a study of 120 depressed postpartum women [78], interpersonal psychotherapy reduced depressive symptoms and improved social adjustment in the subjects compared with the control group on the waiting list. (academic.oup.com)
Personal therapy had positive effects on broad components of social adjustment but had few differential effects on symptoms, and these patients remained more anxious than those receiving family or supportive therapy. (ebmh.bmj.com)
Children who are peer - accepted or popular have fewer problems in middle and high school, and teens who are peer - accepted have fewer emotional and social adjustment problems as adults. (psychology.jrank.org)