Nivel de habilidades sociales en estudiantes universitarios de la carrera de Psicología

Abstract

Social skills are the skills of a person to face the demands and challenges of life, and we acquire them through constant interaction with the environment. The objective of this quantitative study was to analyze the social skills level in the Faculty of Psychology first-year students at the University of Cuenca. One hundred thirty-four participants enrolled in the period March-August 2019 responded to the EHS scale of Elena Gismero. They described the level of social skills, taking into account the sociodemographic variables of sex, place of origin, educational establishment, and residence. Results show that the level of social skills is medium. They have proper social management with people and their environment. We could not determine significant differences with the majority of sociodemographic variables. However, in the sex variable, significant differences were found in two dimensions: Self-expression by social situations, and Say no and cut interactions. We recommend that future studies consider increasing the sample and contrast with other related elements such as Psychological Well-being.