Social Skills as Predictors of Problem Behavior in School Children

This study realized a characterization of social skills and behavior problems in children and evaluated thepredictive power of social skills for behavior problems. The participants were 220 children, from 3rd to 6th grade of ElementarySchool, and their parents or guardians, who responded to the Asse...

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Autores: Casali-Robalinho, Ivana Gisel, Del Prette, Zilda Aparecida Pereira, Del Prette, Almir
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
Repositorio:Psicologia (Universidade de Brasília. Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/18608
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/revistaptp/article/view/18608
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:psicologia do desenvolvimento; habilidades sociais
Habilidades sociais
Problemas de comportamento
Crianças em idade escolar
Social skills
Behavior problems
School-age children
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Sumario:This study realized a characterization of social skills and behavior problems in children and evaluated thepredictive power of social skills for behavior problems. The participants were 220 children, from 3rd to 6th grade of ElementarySchool, and their parents or guardians, who responded to the Assessment of Social Skills (SSRS-BR) system. The samplescores were consistent with the norm for social skills and behavior problems, and according to the parents or guardians, theinternalizing were more frequent. Also,Responsibility (in the self-assessment) and Self-control and Civility (in the assessmentby parents or guardians) were the social skills with the greatest predictive power. The results were analyzed in terms of theirimplications for the promotion of social skills as a preventive mechanism for behavioral problems in school children.