The present study analyzed the research which develop psychometric instruments to assess social skills and related concepts such as assertiveness, social competence and social self-efficacy, in Latin America. 37 studies published in journals and theses, as well as in conference proceedings and records for the period 1990-2013 were analyzed. We studied productivity and collaboration indexes, as well as the construct of the studies. The results indicate that 2003 and 2009 were the years with the higher productivity, and that Brazil and Argentina were the most productive countries. The studies were developed by diverse groups of researchers, and only a few authors have published more than one article within the period. There is a trend to work in small groups of two or three authors, and the construct with the larger amount of research was social skills, especially among children and college students. The psychometric studies that were most frequently developed include evaluations of reliability and validity based on the internal structure, using exploratory factor analysis.
Keywords:
social skills, bibliometry, assessment, Latin America
Morán, V. E., & Olaz, F. O. (2014). Instruments to assess social skills in Latin America: A bibliometric study. Revista De Psicología, 23(1), 93–105. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-0581.2014.32877
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