SOCIAL COMPETENCE — AN OVERVIEW OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Abstract

The concept of social competencies is indispensable in most fields of work concerning the social psychological and correctional work. Thousands of both scientific and practical publications discuss this topic. This article’s first challenge is to define the construct of social competencies, to distinguish between similar concepts and to show essential problems concerning commonly used terms. In a second step we will discuss empirical results, whereas in a third segment we want to deliberate areas of application for social competencies. Concluding the article, an overview of future research tasks is given.

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U. P. Kanning, M. Horenburg

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U. P. Kanning, M. Horenburg (2014). SOCIAL COMPETENCE — AN OVERVIEW OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE. Вісник Одеського національного університету. Психологія, 19(2), 141-153. https://www.europub.co.uk/articles/-A-402839