المهارات الاجتماعية و علاقتها بالصلابة النفسية لدى عينة من أطفال الشارع (ذكور و إناث)‎

Abstract EN

The phenomenon of street children is considered one of the most important social phenomena in the world .

Where these children differ from those who live in stable families in terms of their care psychological and material needs .

Problem: The study can formulate its problem in the following questions : Are there differences between male and female street children on the scale of psychological hardiness? Are there differences between male and female street children on the social skills scale? Is there correlation between psychological hardiness and social skills among street children? Objective: The study aimed to examine the relationship between social skills and psychological hardiness in a sample of street children.

Tools: Basic data form (Prepared by the researcher), Psychological hardiness scale (Prepared by Emad Mukhemer 2006), Social Skills Scale (Prepared by Mohamed El Sayed Abdel Rahman 1998).

Sample: The study sample consisted of (62) individuals.

Divided into 31 males and 31 females.

Methodology : The study used the comparative descriptive Method.

Results: There were statistically significant differences between male and female street children on the scale of "psychological hardiness" in favour of males, There are statistically significant differences between males and females of street children on the scale of social skills in favour of males, There is statistically significant correlation between the mean scores of the study sample on the three dimensions of psychological hardiness (commitment, control, challenge) with the dimension of "start to interact" on the social skills scale, There is statistically significant correlative relation between the "commitment" dimension in the psychological hardiness scale and "positive emotion expression" and the overall score of the "social skills", there is correlation between psychological hardiness and expression of positive feelings.

There is no correlation between the total degree of "psychological hardness" and the total degree of "social skills".

Keywords: social skills, Street Children, Psychological Hardiness.