مستوى مهارات التواصل الاجتماعي لدى الطلاب و الطالبات المنتظمين في جامعة الملك عبد العزيز و علاقتها ببعض المتغيرات الديموغرافية

Abstract EN

This study aims at identifying the level of social communication skills among the students of King Abdulaziz University .

It also attempts to determine whether there are differences in the level of these skills according to some variables : specialization, sex , GPA, marital status, participation in the activities of the Deanship of Students Affairs, and the use of social media networking.

To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher followed these steps : - Reviewing of the previous literature, related to the subject of the current study and create a comprehensive theoretical framework(about the concept of communication , its elements and importance and social media skills...).

- Building the scale of social communication skills which suits the targeted sample.

- Verification of the above- mentioned scale: its reliability, and validity.

- The application of the scale on a random sample of 434 students from King Abdulaziz University (in Jeddah).

The following is a summary of the main findings : -social communication skills level among university students was average(2.3 )-There were statistically significant differences (at the level 0.05) among students, regarding interpersonal skills , due to the field of "specialization" , in favor of The scientific stream.

- There were statistically significant differences ( at the level 0.05) regarding social communication skills (speaking skills, dialogue and persuasion, body language and facial expressions, symbolic communication skills, interpersonal skills) according to " Gender ", in favor of male students.

- there were no statistically significant differences ( at the level 0.05) regarding social communication skills due to: GPA, marital status and the use of social media).

- There were statistically significant differences at the level (0.05) regarding social communication skills due to the difference in their "participation in the activities of the Deanship of Student Affairs ", in favor of students who are permanently involved in these activities