%0 Journal Article
%T HABILIDADES SOCIALES, AISLAMIENTO Y COMPORTAMIENTO ANTISOCIAL EN ADOLESCENTES EN CONTEXTOS DE POBREZA
%A Cohen Imach
%A Silvina
%A Caballero Silvina
%A Valeria
%A Sergio
%A Mejail
%A Hormigo
%A Karina
%J Acta Colombiana de Psicolog¨Şa
%D 2012
%I Universidad Cat¨®lica de Colombia
%X The paper explores social skills and the presence of anti-social behavior, social isolation and feelings of loneliness in adolescents of low socioeconomic status from Tucum¨˘n, Argentina. It was a descriptive-correlational study using an intentional sampling consisting of 106 school girls and boys from 5ˇă and 6ˇăgrade. The instruments used were the BAS-3, the CC-A (Gonzalez & Martorell, 1992), the CAS (Casullo, 1996) and a demographic survey. Data were analyzed with the statistical package PAWS Statistics 18. Results showed the prevalence of behaviors of Consideration for others (M=10.84; S=2.62), Self-control (M=8.74; S=2.50) and Leadership (M=7.50; S=2.66), compared with the social isolation behavior (M=6.25; S=2.50) and withdrawal (M=4.38; S=2.14). Regarding gender, significant differences were found in Leadership, being higher in women than in men (t=2.46, p=0.05).
%K Adolescence
%K Social-skills
%K Social isolation
%K Loneliness
%K Antisocial behavior
%U http://portalweb.ucatolica.edu.co/easyWeb2/files/23_8609_vol15-no1-art1.pdf