social competence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsocialandcompetence
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social
adjective
uk/ˈsəʊ.ʃəl/us/ˈsoʊ.ʃəl/
relating to activities in which you meet and spend time with other people and that happen during the time when you are ...
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competence
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈkɒm.pɪ.təns/us/ˈkɑːm.pə.t̬əns/
the ability to do ...
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(Definition ofsocialandcompetencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In this case, the collective solution is actually pre-established in the agent system, with no need to implement anysocialcompetenceinto the agent.
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Continuous scores for externalizing and internalizing behavior and overallsocialcompetencecan also be computed.
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Only 1 school aged child (9%) scored below the lower limit of normal forsocialcompetence.
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Early family experience, social problem solving patterns, and children'ssocialcompetence.
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At this level of risk, attachment accounted for 11.2% for the variance insocialcompetence.
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A developmental-organizational perspective was used to explore processes underlying risk for poorsocialcompetenceamong language learning disabled children.
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Teacher-ratedsocialcompetenceand anxious-withdrawn behavior indicated improvement, although only the former was significant.
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These, in turn, form the basis of the child'ssocialcompetencein that ecology.
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These scale scores are combined into six factor scores: academic competence,socialcompetence, externalizing-aggressive, externalizing-hyperactive, internalizing-social isolated, and internalizing-anxious, and depressed.
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Teachers and their assistants reported on the children'ssocialcompetence, internalizing and externalizing behavior, and the degree to which children were physically and relationally victimized.
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In this study it is unclear whether marital violence, family upheaval, or homelessness accounts for the observed deficits in children'ssocialcompetence.
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For girls only, stories in which a child figure behaved empathically toward a parent predicted lower ratings of peersocialcompetence.
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This result was consistent with our supposition of distinct contributors to academic versussocialcompetence.
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The relation of change in maternal interactive styles to the developingsocialcompetenceof full-term and preterm children.
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Three composite scores from multiple informants and methods are included in the present study, assessing academic achievement,socialcompetence, and conduct.
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The sample of children meeting diagnostic criteria will possibly be based on currentsocialcompetenceindicators.
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This difficulty in regulating affect appears to persist into childhood, affectingsocialcompetenceand peer relations.
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However, subscale scores and ratings ofsocialcompetencewith peers within the therapeutic sample were associated.
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The correlates of both academic andsocialcompetenceand problem behaviors are important for advancing our understanding of children in normal and risk populations.
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A social information processing model ofsocialcompetencein children.
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