Communication skills and social interaction in university students from Lima

• Autores: Guillén-Chávez, Sergio Raúl, Carcausto, Wilfredo, Quispe-Cutipa, Walter Arturo, Mazzi-Huaycucho, Víctor, Rengifo-Lozano, Raúl Alberto
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2021
• Institución: Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola
• Lenguaje: inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistas.usil.edu.pe:article/895
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.usil.edu.pe/index.php/pyr/article/view/895
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: habilidades comunicativas; interacción social; comunicación no verbal; habilidades asertivas.; communication skills; social interaction; non-verbal communication; assertive skills.

The present study aims to establish the correlation between communication skills and social interaction among students of the Faculty of Education of a public university in Lima. The research is framed under the positivist paradigm, with a quantitative approach, a basic type, of the non-experimental design, with a cross section, of the sub-type of correlational design. The population was census, consisting of 214 students, who were administered two valid and reliable questionnaires: the communication skills instrument (ratified by KR-20 = 0.98) and social interaction (validated by Cronbach's Alpha = 0.988). The results showing the existence of a significant and direct link between communication skills and social interaction (Spearman's Rho =, 823). Finally, it was concluded that, if students develop communication skills such as reception, emission, handling of non-verbal communication, assertive then the social interaction of the students is strengthened.