Abstract: Lists of major developmental tasks in the period of undergraduate life implied three aspects of undergraduate students’ social competence: the ability to solve social problems, the ability to acquire general social acceptance, and the ability to develop friendship. Basing on the analysis of relevant literature and undergraduate students’ opinion, the structures of these three abilities were suggested. Totally, 1048 students in Wuhan Region (China) completed the social competence questionnaire for undergraduate students. The result of confirmatory analysis supported the four-factor structure of the ability to solve social problems, the five-factor structures of both the ability to acquire general social acceptance and the ability to develop friendship. Validity and reliability analyses showed that the psychometric qualities of the social competence questionnaire for undergraduate students are acceptable.

Key words: social competence, structure, undergraduate students, the process of developing a questionnaire