Adolescents' Social Skills in Friendship : The influence of sibling relationship

P(論文)The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of the sibling relationship on the adolescents' social skills in friendship. One hundred and seventy-seven undergraduate students were asked to complete a questionnaire regarding their sibling relationship and their social skills in friendship. Their sibling relationship was categorized eight types; close, intimate, hostile, dominate, intimate-hostile, intimate-dominate, hostile-dominate, separate. The result showed that the students have hostile and dominate sibling relationship scored lower in the social skill questionnaire than the other students. This result suggested that the students' social skill in friendship related to the sibling relationship. And it was suggested that the single type of sibling relationship disturbed the learning of social skills in friendship.departmental bulletin pape