Psychological Development and Education ›› 2011, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (1): 44-51.

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The Characteristics of Adolescents’Social Problem Solving Ability and Its Relationship with Social Adaption

YANG Ying1, ZOU Hong1, YU Yi-bing1,2, XU Zhi-xing1   

  1. 1. Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875;
    2. Department of Psychology, Anhui Agriculture University, Hefei 230061
  • Online:2011-01-15 Published:2011-01-15

Abstract: A sample of 2,157 students participated in current study.Questionnaires were used to investigate the characteristics of adolescents-social problem solving ability and its relationship with social adaption.The results indicated that:(1)adolescents-social problem solving ability decreased from junior middle school to high school. Boys-scores were significantly higher than girls-in plan making,but lower in interpersonal communications and support seeking.Moreover,the social problem solving ability of student leaders was significantly better than the other students.(2)adolescents-social problem solving ability can be categorized into three groups:constructive group,ordinary group,and weak group,whose proportion were 22.9%,42.8%,and 34.4%,respectively.And the constructive group-s scores were significantly higher than the others.(3)the social problem solving ability positively predicted active social adaption,and negatively predicted negative social adaption.Problem approaching and problem avoidance were two key predictors among the dimensions of social problem solving ability.

Key words: social problem solving ability, social adaption, adolescent

CLC Number: 

  • B844.2
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