La expresión de la ira y su relación con las habilidades sociales en adolescentes

Abstract

The present study aimed to determine if there is a relationship between the expression of anger and social skills. In this research with a quantitative, correlational and cross-sectional approach, we worked with a sample of 155 high school adolescents, 70 men and 85 women from the "Elia Liut" Educational Unit. For the evaluation, two psychological instruments were applied: the State-Trait Expression of Anger Inventory (STAXI-2), which consists of 49 items, and the 50-item Social Skills Scale. Both instruments have a Likert scale for responses. The data analysis was performed with the SPSS statistical program through the Spearman's Rho test in which it was determined that there is a relationship between the anger expression index and social skills (p<0.05). Regarding the social skills of the population, it is evident that low levels predominate, in men 54% and women 67%. In the expression of anger, adolescents present a normal level with 47.1%. In state anger, low levels predominate with 57.4% and in trait anger, low levels predominate with 36.1%, but women present high and normal levels with 34.1%, unlike men who present low levels with 41.2%, which leads to finding statistically significant differences in trait anger between men and women.