Abstract

GOMES NETO, Rogério; AZZI, Roberta Gurgel; BASQUEIRA, Ana Paula  and  GUERREIRO‑CASANOVA, Daniela Couto. High school and social skills: a study with Messy scale. Psicol. teor. prat. [online]. 2014, vol.16, n.2, pp. 172-184. ISSN 1516-3687.

This study aimed to increase knowledge about social relationships in high school through the identification, description and analysis of social skills of young students. The study included 219 middle school students. Data were collected through questionnaire for participant characterization and the social skills Messy scale. The results showed significant differences in the factor social skills/assertiveness, with higher scores in the age group of 16‑17 years and in females. In the aggressiveness/antisocial behavior factor, significant differences were found, with higher scores for the night class period and for students in 2nd year of high school. The results also indicated high values for the whole sample regarding social/assertiveness skills factor and low values for aggressiveness/antisocial behavior factor. The results, in part, align with the literature and point to the mistake of generalizing the relationship between aggressive behavior and high schools.

Keywords : high school; social skills; students; social relations; education.

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