Assessing behavioural problems and assets in children and adolescents

Interpersonal Difficulties in Adolescence

“…Empirical research reveals that adolescents with higher scores on interpersonal difficulties (e.g., assertive deficit or social anxiety) tend to have higher scores on neuroticism and lower scores on extraversion (Furnham, 1984; Furnham & Gunter, 1983; Gismero, 2000; Inglés, Hidalgo, Méndez, & Inderbitzen, 2003; Martorell et al, 1990; Méndez, Hidalgo, & Inglés, 2002; Méndez et al., 2004; Rolf, 1972; Silva & Martorell, 1987; Young & Bradley, 1998). Therefore, the hypotheses of the second study are grouped into two categories: Correlations sign.…”