Habilidades sociais e características pessoais em escolares de Belém

Abstract

This study linked the emission frequency of socially skilled reaction, unskilled passive reaction and unskilled active reaction to the child's variables (gender, age, medical conditions). Participated 57 boys and 52 girls between six and 12 years old. The Child Characterization Questionnaire (QCC) collected data on sex, age and clinical conditions and the Social Skills of Children Multimedia Inventory (IMHSC-Del Prette) evaluated social skills answered by caregivers and students, respectively. It is used the Mann-Whitney U test, Pearson's correlation coefficient and the t test were used for data analysis. The results indicated: (a) significant differences in the adequacy of skilled and unskilled reactions (p < .001); (b) increase in social skills repertoire as the years advance (p< .001); (c) higher frequency of social skills in girls than in boys (p = .040).There were no significant associations between social skills and clinical conditions (p = .539). The study observed that gender and age may interfere with the presence and performance of socially skilled repertoire. Other evaluation techniques may be suggested to complement the investigated data and allow for future interventions to similar samples.