The structure of interpersonal communication skills of the new generation senior school students: the case of generations X and Z

Straipsnyje nagrinėjami naujosios (Z) kartos aukštesniųjų klasių mokinių tarpasmeninės komunikacijos gebėjimai. Jie buvo tiriami naudojant tarpasmeninės kompetencijos matavimo klausimyną. Taikant tiriamąją faktorinę analizę išskirtos penkios aukštesniųjų klasių mokinių tarpasmeninės komunikacijos gebėjimų grupės: tarpasmeninių santykių inicijavimo; negatyvių tvirtinimų; atsiskleidimo kitiems; emocinės pagalbos; konfliktų valdymo. Naujosios (Z) kartos aukštesniųjų klasių mokinių tarpasmeninės komunikacijos gebėjimai palyginti su X kartos tiriamųjų tarpasmeninės komunikacijos gebėjimaisThe article deals with the interpersonal communication skills of senior school students of the new generation Z. These skills were investigated using a questionnaire for measuring the interpersonal competence. Through application of factor analysis, five groups of interpersonal communication skills of senior students have been identified: initiation of interpersonal relationships, assertion of displeasure with others’ actions, self-disclosure, provision of emotional support, and management of interpersonal conflicts. The interpersonal communication skills of the new generation (Z) senior students were compared to the interpersonal communication skills of the representatives of generation X. Psychologists (Buhrmester et al, 1988) analyzed the skills of interpersonal communication competence in the field of behavior and distinguished five domains of behavioral skills: initiating interpersonal relationships; asserting displeasure with others’ actions, self-disclosure of personal information, providing emotional support, and managing of interpersonal conflicts. These domains of the interpersonal communication competence were identified in the study of the representatives of the generation X in 1988. It is urgent to investigate the interpersonal communication skills of the new generation (Z), whether they are identical to those of the generation X. The research question was formulated as follows: what are the interpersonal skills of the students of the new generation, what is their internal structure? The focus of the research: interpersonal communication skills of school students. The aim of the research was to systematically investigate the interpersonal communication skills of students of the new generation (Z), highlighting the essential groups of skills.[...]Vytauto Didžiojo universitetasŠvietimo akademij