Sociometry and social skills in high school students

Abstract

This research aimed to verify the correlations between social skills and aceptance between pairs in study and go out to parties situations. 45 adolescents aged from 16 to 18 years attending at a private school of a city of the interior of São Paulo´s state were assessed. We used the Inventário de Habilidades Sociais and the sociometric questionnaire wich were collectively applied to students who were previously autorized by their parents. Only a few significant correlations were identified between the measures in the male sample. This kind of relations can furnish usefull data in the planning of social skills interventions designed to improve group cohesion.

Keywords

• sociometria
• habilidades sociais
• evidências de validade