This study examines sex differences regarding social skills, behavior problems and bullying engagement, and the association of social skills and behavior problems with bullying engagement, in adolescents. Participants were 447 Portuguese adolescents (252 girls and 195 boys) aged between 12 and 19-years-old. Social skills and behavior problems were assessed using the self-report version of Social Skills Improvement System – Rating Scales. Bullying engagement was assessed using the Scale of Interpersonal Behavior at School. Girls scored higher on social skills and reported more internalizing and fewer externalizing problems than boys, whereas boys reported more aggressive verbal behaviors than girls. Adolescents exhibiting fewer social skills and more internalizing and externalizing problems engage more frequently in bullying aggressive behaviors. In addition, adolescents presenting more internalizing and externalizing problems are more often victimized by bullies. Furthermore, boys more frequently engage in bullying aggressive and victimization behaviors, whereas younger adolescents with more social skills tend to engage less frequently in bullying aggressive behaviors.

本研究探讨了青少年在社交技能、行为问题和欺凌行为方面的性别差异，以及社交技能和行为问题与欺凌行为之间的关联。参与者为 447 名年龄在 12 岁至 19 岁之间的葡萄牙青少年（252 名女孩和 195 名男孩）。使用社交技能改进系统 - 评级量表的自我报告版本来评估社交技能和行为问题。使用学校人际行为量表评估欺凌行为。女孩的社交技能得分更高，并且比男孩报告更多的内化问题和更少的外化问题，而男孩则比女孩报告更具攻击性的言语行为。社交技能较少、内化和外化问题较多的青少年更容易出现欺凌攻击行为。此外，表现出更多内在和外在问题的青少年更容易成为欺凌的受害者。此外，男孩更频繁地从事欺凌攻击和受害行为，而具有更多社交技能的年轻青少年往往不太频繁地从事欺凌攻击行为。