“Relación entre el cociente intelectual y las habilidades sociales en niños”

Abstract

This research is a study about the intellectual quotient and social skills of a group of children, the general objective was to analyze the relationship between the IQ and social skills in children, it was a correlational study, transversal type, carried out with a sample of 74 children belonging to a fiscal institution, who were studying the fourth and fifth years of basic education of Unidad Educativa Joaquín Lalama, all between 8 and 11 years, the instruments of the research that was used, was the RIAS psychological test for the evaluation of the IQ and the Messy scale for the student, which evaluates the level of social skills. In the research process hypothesis 1 was checked, the IQ is related to social skills in children. The data obtained and analyzed suggest for the IQ variable, 61% are located within or above the average and 39% below the average; in relation to social skills, 52% have adequate social skills and 48% inadequate social skills. When relating to the two variables, it is perceived that within the group of CI (intellectual quotient) with score below the average, 100% presents inadequate social skills; in the average IQ group, 15% have inadequate social skills and 85% adequate. In the upper IQ group, 100% have totally adequate social skills.