Autoestima y habilidades sociales en estudiantes de enfermería

Abstract

Self-esteem acquires greater importance at the moment of interpersonal relationships; the positive or negative perception that the subject has will favor the development of social skills, allowing him/her to freely express his/her thoughts, opinions and feelings. The relationship between self-esteem and social skills was investigated, the population used was 493 nursing students, 119 men and 376 women between 17 and 36 years of age participated. The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and the Goldstein Social Skills Scale were used to evaluate the variables. The study used a non-experimental design with a descriptive-correlational quantitative approach; cross-sectional, and the sampling technique used was non-probabilistic by convenience with inclusion and exclusion criteria. The results showed that there is a direct correlation of slight intensity (Rho=0.392) with a significance level of 0.001 (p= < .001). Therefore, it is concluded that the higher the level of self-esteem, the higher the level of social skills in nursing students and vice versa