THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LIFE SKILLS TRAINING ON DRUG ORIENTATION AND ASSERTIVENESS AMONG THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Background and Aim : The present research investigate effectiveness of life skills training on drug orientation and assertiveness among the high school students.Methods : This experimental study, as pre - and post-test with a control group, Study population consisted of all students in second grade school boy is 90-91 Parsabad the school year. The sample for this study, 60 (30) group (30) of the control group were randomly selected for sampling. The APS drug orientation and Shiring Assertiveness Inventory Questionnaire were applied to evaluate the variables before and after training. The collected data were analyzed by means of using ANCOVA at the significant level of( P<0.05)Results : The life skills training in experimental group showed a reduce tendency to addiction and increase assertiveness among students (P<0.05).Conclusion : Training the life skills can be used as a method to reduce tendency to addiction and improve assertiveness among student

Keywords:

Life skills training , tendency to addiction , Assertiveness