SOCIAL COMPETENCE ASSESSMENT IN FOURTH GRADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Social competence is the ability of maintaining good relationships with others; this involves attaining domain of basic social skills (Bisquerra, 2016). During school years, it is especially important developing social skills (Plazas et al., 2010). The objective was to explore the structure of interpersonal relationships that occur within a group of fourth grade students, and know what social skills are present in children during the interaction processes. For this study, three instruments were used: The Social Scale Behavior at School (SSBS), the Matson Evaluation of Social Skills in Youngsters (MESSY) and Sociometry. The sample consisted of 23 participants. The results show a moderate correlation between the Self-control and Overconfidence factors and between the Overconfidence and the Antipathy factors. The correlations between Antipathy and Self-control, Academic behavior and Peer relations were negative and moderate respectively.