DOI: 10.26439/persona2020.n023(1).4831 This research studies the interaction between social habilities and activity on internet social networks in fifth grade high school students of the town of Lima. The participants were 1066 students and the sample was a probabilistics one. We used a correlational design, as it was sought to determine the degree of relationship between two variables, in this case the index of relation between social habilities and the index of use of internet social networks in high school participants from a state and a non state institutions of the city of Lima. Results show a negative and significant interaction between the full score on the scale of social skills and the index of addiction to internet networks, as well as in the scores of most of the components of the results of the variables under study.

DOI: 10.26439/persona2020.n023(1).4831 This research studies the interaction between social habilities and activity on internet social networks in fifth grade high school students of the town of Lima. The participants were 1066 students and the sample was a probabilistics one. We used a correlational design, as it was sought to determine the degree of relationship between two variables, in this case the index of relation between social habilities and the index of use of internet social networks in high school participants from a state and a non state institutions of the city of Lima. Results show a negative and significant interaction between the full score on the scale of social skills and the index of addiction to internet networks, as well as in the scores of most of the components of the results of the variables under study.

Estudio descriptivo-comparativo realizado en alumnos de tercer año de secundaria de centros educativos estatales y no estatales. La muestra estuvo contituida por 679 participantes de las siete UGEL de Lima metropolitana. Se llevó a cabo el estudio psicométrico para evaluar la validez y la confiabilidad. El 64,5% de los alumnos de tercero de secundaria provenían de centros educativos estatales y el 35,5% de centros educativos no estatales. Se encontraron diferencias estadísticamente significativas en el nivel de comprensión lectora entre los alumnos de colegios estatales y no estatales, tanto en el nivel de comprensión lectora literal como en el inferencial.

Estudio descriptivo-comparativo realizado en alumnos de tercer año de secundaria de centros educativos estatales y no estatales. La muestra estuvo contituida por 679 participantes de las siete UGEL de Lima metropolitana. Se llevó a cabo el estudio psicométrico para evaluar la validez y la confiabilidad. El 64,5% de los alumnos de tercero de secundaria provenían de centros educativos estatales y el 35,5% de centros educativos no estatales. Se encontraron diferencias estadísticamente significativas en el nivel de comprensión lectora entre los alumnos de colegios estatales y no estatales, tanto en el nivel de comprensión lectora literal como en el inferencial.

Estudio descriptivo-comparativo realizado en alumnos de tercer año de secundaria de centros educativos estatales y no estatales. La muestra estuvo contituida por 679 participantes de las siete UGEL de Lima metropolitana. Se llevó a cabo el estudio psicométrico para evaluar la validez y la confiabilidad. El 64,5% de los alumnos de tercero de secundaria provenían de centros educativos estatales y el 35,5% de centros educativos no estatales. Se encontraron diferencias estadísticamente significativas en el nivel de comprensión lectora entre los alumnos de colegios estatales y no estatales, tanto en el nivel de comprensión lectora literal como en el inferencial.

Critical thinking disposition was researched in male and female students from different professional areas of a public university in Lima Metropolitan Area. One thousand three hundred seventy-six (1,376) university students were recruited using a non-probability quota sampling. Comparisons were made considering the participants’ different professional areas and sex. The results show that there are only significant statistical differences in the Curiosity dimension of the test according to the profes­sional areas of the university.  

Critical thinking disposition was researched in male and female students from different professional areas of a public university in Lima Metropolitan Area. One thousand three hundred seventy-six (1,376) university students were recruited using a non-probability quota sampling. Comparisons were made considering the participants’ different professional areas and sex. The results show that there are only significant statistical differences in the Curiosity dimension of the test according to the profes­sional areas of the university.