Development of university student social skills assessment

Abstract

This research aimed to analyze the components and develop a social skills assessment for students. The sample was 447 undergraduate students in the 2024 academic year, Faculty of Education, Silpakorn University, by convenience sampling. Data were collected by synthesizing documents, analyzing content to obtain components of social skills readiness of students, and developing a readiness assessment based on the components. The quality of the instruments was then examined by checking the content validity from experts, checking the reliability using Cronbach's alpha coefficient analysis, and checking the structural validity using confirmatory factor analysis.

The research results concluded that there were 4 components of social skills of students: problem solving, communication, emotional regulation, and self-management.    The instrument was designed as a 5-level rating scale with a total of 26 assessment items. The results of the quality examination of the instrument validity showed that the Items Objective Congruence (IOC) of the instrument were between 0.67-1.00. In terms of reliability, Cronbach’s alpha coefficients were between 0.478-0.547. The confirmatory Factor Analysis weights were between 0.315 and 0.689.