SOCIAL SKILLS, SOCIAL SUPPORT, AND PSYCHOSOCIAL ADJUSTMENT

This study examined the interrelations of a standardized, multidimensi onal measure of social skills and various self-report measures related to the psychosocial adjustment of college students. One hundred and t hirty-six undergraduates were administered the Social Skills Inventory , the Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale, an adaptation of the Dimensions o f Social Support Scale, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and self-repo rt measures of participation in college activities, college satisfacti on, and a general life satisfaction measure. Correlational analyses re vealed that possession of social skills was positively correlated with perceived social support and with most of the measures of psychosocia l adjustment. Regression analysis indicated that social skills combine d with perceived social support predicted certain aspects of adjustmen t in college students, particularly satisfaction with college, satisfa ction with life in general, and reduced perceptions of loneliness.