Interpersonal transactions are the basis of all social processes. The aim of this study was to verify how these transactions are related to social skills, and at the same time, investigate the validity of the Brazilian version of the Checklist for Interpersonal Transactions-II. Participants were 542 students of several university courses in the South Eastern Brazilian State of Goiás; aged between 18 and 55 years (M=21, SD=5.48). They responded to Social Skills Inventory (Del Prette) and the Checklist for Interpersonal Transactions-II. Participants with the highest scores in social skills were more frequently placed in the Friendly-Dominant quadrant, while the group with the lowest social skills more readily fell into the Hostile-Submissive quadrant. Moreover, the interpersonal positions taken by highly socially skilled students were more varied. Social skills correlate positively with Friendly positions and negatively with Hostile and Submissive positions. These correlations support the validity of the Checklist for Interpersonal Transactions-II.
Social skills; Interpersonal relationships; College students; Test validity
