المهارات الاجتماعية لدى طلبة المرحلة الثانوية في المدارس الحكومية في مدينتي رام الله و البيرة في ضوء بعض المتغيرات الديموغرافية

Abstract EN

This present study aims to verify the level social skills among secondary students in the government schools in Ramallah and Al-Bireh cities, in light of four variables: gender, academic achievement, academic specialization, and place of residence.

To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher used the scales of social skills prepared by Ronald (Rejo, 1989), which was translated into Arabic by (Khalifa, 2006).

The researcher has adapted and developed this scale to match the main objective of this study.

The study sample for this research consisted of (377) students, both male and female, out of a larger study population of (2194) students.

Thus, the study sample constituted (17.

2%) of the original social groupings.

The members of this sample were enrolled during the second semester of the academic year 2016-17 in six of the government secondary schools (out of 10) located in Ramallah and Al-Bireh cities.

The results of this study can be summarized in the following four points: (1) The overall score of secondary school students in Ramallah and Al-Bireh government schools on the scale of social skills was middling, with an average of (3.

47).

(2) There were statistically significant differences (higher) existed on the scale of social skills attributable to the male gender variable in the area of social sensitivity.

(3) On the scale of social skills, no statistically significant differences were noted according to the gender variable for the categories of social expression and social control.

(4) There were no statistically significant differences on the scale of social skills attributable to the variables of academic achievement, specialization, or place of residence.