This study analyzed the relationship between social skills and personality traits, particularly agreeableness trait, based on Big Five model. To assess the social skills, the Social Skills Inventory (Inventário de Habilidades Sociais - IHS) and the Agreeableness Scale (Escala Fatorial de Socialização - EFS) measured agreeableness. The participants were 126 college students with mean age of 21 years old (SD=3,37), 53,5% men composed the sample. The sex comparison of the IHS and EFS measures pointed significant differences in six of ten measures. It was ascertain significant correlations between cordiality, coping and assertion and the total score of IHS. Pro-sociability was associated with coping and assertion and self-control. Trust in people was significantly correlated with coping and assertion, expressing positive affection and aggressiveness self-control. This result suggests personality may influence different social skills aspects.
Big-Five Factor model; Social skills; College students
