Relationship of Social Skills & Social Support from Family and Friends to Adjustment Between Children and Adolescents

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association 1999;37(6):11-22.

아동과 청소년의 사회적 기술과 가족 친구의 지원 및 적응과의 관계

심희옥

군산대학교 가정관리학과

Relationship of Social Skills & Social Support from Family and Friends to Adjustment Between Children and Adolescents

심희옥

ABSTRACT

This study focused on the relationship of social skills and social support from family and friends to adjustment between children and adolescents. Subjects were enrolled in the fifth, sixth, 1st, & 2nd grades of elementary and junior high schools. The instruments were Teenage Inventory of Social Skills, Perceived Social Support from Family & Friends, Child Depression Inventory, and Antisocial Behavior Scale. Results indicated that there were positive relations between social skills and social support from family and friends. The more social support from family children and adolescents had, the less depression and antisocial behavior they reported. For depression, children and adolescents showed a significant sex difference. In the case of antisocial behavior, only adolescents revealed a significant sex difference. Depression was explained by social support from family most for both children and adolescents. Antisocial behavior was explained by social skills most especially for children. The results discussed in the context of the effects of social skills and social support on emotional and behavioral adjustments.