Social Skills in Relation to Problem Behaviours of High School Students

The present study is focused on examining the relationship between social skills and problem behaviours of high school students. The investigator used normative survey method for the study. The sample consists of 400 high school students and stratified random sampling technique has been used for the selection of sample. The investigator used Social Skills Rating System developed by Gresham & Elliot (1990). The data were analysed using‘t’ test and correlation. The major findings of the study revealed that female students are high in social skills than male students whereas male students are having high problem behaviours than female students. The study also revealed that there exists a low negative relationship between social skills and problem behaviours of high school students.