1aResearch Scholar, Department of Psychology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India
1bAssist Professor, Department of Psychology, Christ University, Bangalore, India.
2Professor, Department of Psychology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India
Social competence is a complex, multidimensional, contextual and developmental construct. Social competence in social interaction is very significant and crucial for adaptive functioning and social development of adolescents. The construct of social competence is conceptualized in different ways by the researchers and hence there is no universally accepted definition of the construct. There is also a disjoint between the theoretical, measurement and intervention models of social competence. Social competence of children is assessed by various sociometric, observation, role play and rating methods. There is a dearth of an adequate measure of adolescent social competence especially in India. This paper presents the results of the construction and validation of Adolescent Social Competence Scale (ASCS). The results of item correlation, factor analysis, and reliability and validity scores are reported. Various norms for interpretation of scores were derived. The scale is highly reliable and has good validity. The differential statistics to find the difference between the social competence based on gender was found to be significant at.05 level.
social competence, social skill, adolescents, social competence scale
