Effectiveness of Social Skills Training on Tendency to Addiction in High School Female Students

Drug dependence is one of the major problems in today’s world which has turned into a serious, concerning threat due to its destructive and preventive effects on the development and prosperity of the society. The study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of social skills training on tendency to addiction among high school female students of Ahvaz city. The population of this study consisted of all female students in Ahvaz city high schools, who scored one standard deviation higher than the mean in the zargar addiction potential questionnaire. Out of them, 40 students were selected by random sampling method and classified into two experimental and control groups (20 persons in each group). Eight treatment sessions were scheduled for the experimental group. In these sessions, social skills such as assertiveness, anger management, and communication with others were instructed to the group whereas, the control group received no training. Evaluation device wasscattere zargar addiction potential questionnaire. The results of the analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) test showed that there was a significant difference between the tendency to addiction reduction scores in control and experimental groups (P < 0.01). The results indicated that training the social skills were effective to reduce the tendency to addiction reduction in high school female students of Ahvaz. Teaching the appropriate social skills is effective in reducing the tendency to addiction among the students.