The objective of this study was to detect possible social skills deficits, through Inventário de Habilidades Sociais (Del Prette & Del Prette, 2001) application in stomach cancer patients from a hospital of cancer treatment in Curitiba, PR, Brazil. Thirty adults from both sexes had participated in this study. According to the outcomes, women presented social skills medium repertory, while men presented social skills deficit. The participants from highschool presented superior average than the participants from the elementary school in one of the inventory factors. There was no age statistical significant difference. As these results are not conclusive, the present research replication is suggested, taking these discoveries as a starting point.
Social skills; Stomach neoplasms; Prevention
