Development and Validation of the Social Skills Scale for Adolescent Students (SSS-A)

The data was collected for developing and validating social skills scale for adolescents. The participants of this study were 815 (442 secondary and 373 senior secondary) school students aged 13–18 years. The sample included 428 male and 387 female students. These students were from nine schools (5 private and 4 public) of U.P. state of India, selected randomly. Initially, the scale was administered on 850 students, but 35 students were excluded due to missing values on more than five items. To collect the data, the researchers contacted administrators of various schools and requested for permission to collect the data. The participation of the students was voluntary, and students were assured of the confidentiality of their responses. The data was collected during school hours.

本数据集的收集旨在开发与验证针对青少年社会技能的量表。研究参与者包括815名（其中初中生442名，高中生373名）年龄在13至18岁之间的在校生。样本中包含428名男性和387名女性学生。这些学生来自印度U.P.州的九所学校（其中私立学校5所，公立学校4所），均通过随机抽取的方式选取。最初，量表对850名学生进行了施测，但由于超过五项数据缺失，35名学生被排除在外。为收集数据，研究人员联系了各校的行政管理人员，并请求获得数据收集的许可。学生的参与是自愿的，并保证他们的回答将得到保密处理。数据收集工作在学校上课时间进行。