سطح مهارت هاي زندگي دانش آموزان راهنمايي و متوسطه استان كردستان

Level of Life Skills among the Students of Junior High Schools and High Schools in Kurdistan Province

This research was aimed at a survey on the level of life skills among junior high school and high school students in Kurdistan Province. The population of the research consisted of all the boy and girl students of Kurdistanʹs junior high schools and high schools out of which 700 from Saghez, Baneh, and Marivan were selected through cluster random sampling. Research instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire whose reliability was calculated through Cronbach a (a= 0.90) and whose content validity was analyzed and approved through expert opinions. This questionnaire was comprised of 5 skills of decision-making, human relation, world citizenship, responsible citizenship, and problem-solving. Data analysis indicated that the level of life skill among the participants was resulted to be medium (based on the index of 50%). Among the life skills, the highest level was related to decision-making and problem-solving. The lowest level was related to human relation. Their level of world citizenship and responsible citizenship was also at the middle between these two skills. This level was more among girls than among boys. The interactional effect of parentsʹ education on the amount of life skill was not significant. There was a significant difference between the field of study and all the skills except human relation. Moreover, there was a significant difference between skills of decision-making and responsible citizenship among the students in junior high schools and high schools. No meaningful difference was found among other skills.