Treinamento de habilidades sociais: avaliação de um programa de desenvolvimento interpessoal profissional para universitários de ciências exatas / Social skills training: evaluation of an interpersonal professional development program for undergraduates of exact Sciences cources

RESUMO

The importance of interpersonal work relationships has brought new demands for the professional development of college students, specifically, in relation to the teaching and development of interpersonal skills coupled with academic and technical skills. This study evaluated a social skills training program with students from Exact Sciences careers. Participants were 35 undergraduates, 23 males and 12 females, distributed in three different groups of consecutive interventions. The students were evaluated with Social Skills Inventory (IHS) before, in a intermediate session, immediately after and three months after the intervention program. The analysis in group and individually showed significant acquisitions in social skills and their maintenance, especially in the total score and F1 - Self-affirmation when coping with risk and F4 - Exposure of self with strangers and in new situations subscales of social skills. These results indicated the efficiency and effectiveness of an interpersonal professional development program for undergraduates in transition to labor market and suggest new research questions

ABSTRACT

The importance of interpersonal work relationships has brought new demands for the professional development of college students, specifically, in relation to the teaching and development of interpersonal skills coupled with academic and technical skills. This study evaluated a social skills training program with students from Exact Sciences careers. Participants were 35 undergraduates, 23 males and 12 females, distributed in three different groups of consecutive interventions. The students were evaluated with Social Skills Inventory (IHS) before, in a intermediate session, immediately after and three months after the intervention program. The analysis in group and individually showed significant acquisitions in social skills and their maintenance, especially in the total score and F1 - Self-affirmation when coping with risk and F4 - Exposure of self with strangers and in new situations subscales of social skills. These results indicated the efficiency and effectiveness of an interpersonal professional development program for undergraduates in transition to labor market and suggest new research questions