The Role of Family Emotional Climate in Predicting Social Competence among Female High School Students in Dezful City

The study was conducted to investigate the role of family emotional climate in predicting the social competence of among female high school students in Dezful in the school. The study sample included 381 female students who were selected by cluster sampling method and a descriptive-correlational design was employed in this study. The data collection tools included two questionnaires: Family Emotional Climate by Hill Berne (1964), and Social Competence by Felner et al. (1990). The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequency table, mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (multiple regression). The results of regression analysis indicated that the family emotional climate can predict social competence and its components.