Social skills and well-being: The mediating role of positive relations with others

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S. Suresh (Department of Psychology, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, Chennai)
Damanjit Sandhu (Department of Psychology, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab)

The possession and demonstration of good social skills bring about positive social consequences, whereas a lack of social skills is associated with negative social outcomes. The importance of these social outcomes lies in their obvious connection to a positive or negative state of psychological wellbeing. The primary goal of this study was to explore that positive relation with other people would mediate the association between social skills and psychological well-being. This study adopted survey design; the data was collected from the sample of 110 college students. The self-report instruments used to collect the data were the measures of social skills, positive relations with others, and psychological well-being. Results indicate that social skills positively associated with psychological well-being. Social skills were also strongly associated with positive relations with others. Positive relations with others proved to mediate the association between social skills and psychological well-being.