Resumen

RABAZO MENDEZ, María José  y  FAJARDO CALDERA, María Isabel. Psychometric Properties of a Social Abilities Evaluation Scale: Scale-C. REDIE [online]. 2004, vol.6, n.2, pp.1-16. ISSN 1607-4041.

In this paper the psychometric data of a scale of evaluation of the social abilities (social expression and splits motor) are presented. The scale was built to investigate the social competence and antisocial conduct in adolescence. The process of construction of the scale is explained, and the data on its internal consistency, its reliability test-retest and its concurrent validity are presented. The scale was filled out by 325 teachers of different schools of the city of Badajoz (Spain); however, 20 of them were rejected because they were not properly completed. Likewise, the scale was analyzed giving as a result 9 factors that explained 59.4% of the total varianza. With the results obtained in this scale, the position of situational specificity with regard to social abilities is supported.

Palabras llave : Social competence; psychometric analysis; behavior rating scales.