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Dimensions of social and personal skills in children and adolescents : age and gender differences
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Personal and social skills play a key role in children and adolescents’ development, as well as their
psychological well-being. Was used the Scale "For me it’s Easy" to assess personal and social skills in children
and adolescents. The study includes 960 Portuguese children and adolescents with a mean age of 12.5 years
(SD = 1.61). Included were 56.8 % boys of different educational levels. The studied version of the instruments
demonstrated good psychometric properties and the factor structure identifies 5 dimensions of personal and
social skills (Basic Skills, Problem Solving, Emotional Regulation, Interpersonal Relationships and Defining
Objectives). Differences were found in the social and personal skills related to gender and related to age. The
behavior of the different dimensions of social and personal skills was studied. It was found that there was a
strong relationship between social and personal skills and psychological well-being in children and
adolescents. The study contributes to the research and evaluation of intervention in children and adolescents,
especially in the prevention and promotion of personal and social skills and healthy development.
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Copyright © 2018, Tânia Gaspar et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Social and personal skills Children/adolescents Assessment Gender Age Psychological well-being
Contexto Educativo
Citação
International Journal of Development Research, 8, (01), 18394-18400.