مطالعه اثربخشي آموزش مهارت هاي زندگي بر استرس خانوادگي و پذيرش اجتماعي

The study of effectiveness of life skills education on family stress and social acceptance

Introduction: Family is a social system that can develop the personality and adjustment of its members by meeting their affective, physical and mental needs. many implications may be considered by theorists, trainers and mental health care personnel ; because social behavior in community and family and how to deal with their members, stress, disruption in relations , lack of control on them can lead to low self esteem , low independence , and problem in decision-making and socialization. The present study tries to examine the effectiveness of family life skills education on mental health variables (family stress and social acceptance). Method and material: Present study is a quasi-experimental model with pretest-posttest single group design. l5 groups (each group comprised of 7-15 members) of family life skills education in governmental and nongovernmental centers were studied. These educational sessions were administered weekly in second half of 1383 and first half of 1384.Two scales that administered on sample group were Coodron family stress scale and Crown & Marlow social acceptance test. Results: Using t-test, results of statistical analysis showed that the difference between pretest ant posttest on mental health variables was significant (for family stress 6groups, p<0.05 and for social acceptance 4 groups p<0.05 and 2 groups p<0.01).then family life skills education can promote the mental health indexes. Discussion: According to research results, family life skills education is an essential component in promoting mental health in community.