An Inventory of Social Skills
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A social skills inventory of 128 true-false items was constructed to assess eight hypothesized bipolar dimensions. In a series of principal component analyses, seven of the constructs plus an added concept were isolated in both college and high school men and women. Some of the factors isolated were Social Assertiveness, Directiveness, Defense of Rights, Confidence, and Empathy. Two higher order factors-Social Skill and Empathy-were also identified in several samples. Validity studies revealed strong commonalities with Riggio's (1986) Social Skills Inventory, the Horowitz Inventory of Interpersonal Problems, the Watson and Friend (1969) Social Avoidance and Distress Scale, and a set of self-ratings. These findings suggest that the Social Relations Survey (SRS) is a useful device for clinical and research application to problems involving social skills.
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The ability to exhibit empathy and entrainment is an important factor evaluated in various assessments of social skills, such as the Social Skills Inventory, the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test, and the Self Descriptive Inventory.
“The ability to exhibit empathy and entrainment is an important factor evaluated in various assessments of social skills, such as the Social Skills Inventory [106], the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test [111], and the Self Descriptive Inventory [143].”
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Inventory of interpersonal problems: Psychometric properties and clinical applications.
Horowitz, L. M., Rosenberg, S. E., Baer, B. A., Ureño, G., & Villaseñor, V. S. (1988) · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-006x.56.6.885 · Cited by 2,026 · see citing works
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A Taxonomy of Social Errors in Human-Robot Interaction
Tian, L., & Oviatt, S. (2021) · ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction · doi:10.1145/3439720 · Cited by 133 · see citing works
- Authors
- Lorr, M., Youniss, R. P., & Stefic, E. C.
- Affiliations
- Catholic University of America (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Personality Assessment
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1991-12
- Volume
- 57
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 506-520
- ISSN
- 0022-3891 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-7752
- OpenAlex
- W2064347047
- Cited by
- 30
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 4.74
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Personality Assessment (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Social Skills and Education
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
- Keywords
- Social Skills Inventory, social skills, social assertiveness, directiveness, defense of rights, confidence, empathy, interpersonal relationships, interpersonal problems, social avoidance, self-ratings, construct validity
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Assertiveness, Female, Humans, Male, Personality Assessment, Personality Development, Personality Inventory, Psychometrics, Reference Values, Self Concept, Social Adjustment, Social Behavior
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