The Effectiveness of Social Skills Training on Improving the Adaptation of Late Learning Children

Autor: Ghazal Sadat Pournesaei, Maryam Rostami
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of Modern Psychology, Vol 2, Iss 4, Pp 8-17 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2783-4433
DOI: 10.22034/jmp.2022.389734.1054
Popis: The purpose of this research was the effectiveness of social skills training on the adaptive behavior of late learning children. This research was quasi-experimental in terms of practical purpose and in terms of data collection. The statistical population of the research included all the students of Bandar Anzali city who studied in primary schools or referred to counseling centers of the city in the academic year of 1401-1400. For this purpose, 30 students who were diagnosed as late learners on the basis of the Wechsler IQ test and who had obtained a low score in Adaptive Behavior Scale (AISS) and clinical interviews with teachers, were selected and randomly selected. They were divided into two experimental (15 people) and control (15 people) groups. Then, social skills training was conducted for 2 months during 12 two-hour training sessions for the subjects of the experimental group and the control group did not receive any training. Then, the adaptive behavior test was performed again on both groups. The data were analyzed using the covariance statistical method. The results showed that social skills training improves the adaptive behavior of late learning children (F=0.389 and P
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