The effectiveness of social competence group training program on social adjustment and anxiety of Female students with social anxiety disorder

Weisani, Mokhtar

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Weisani M. (2025). The effectiveness of social competence group training program on social adjustment and anxiety of Female students with social anxiety disorder. Rooyesh. 13(9), 11-20.
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The effectiveness of social competence group training program on social adjustment and anxiety of Female students with social anxiety disorder

Mokhtar Weisani ^*

Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran. , m.weisani@gmail.com

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The present study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of the social competence group training program on the social adjustment and anxiety of Female students with social anxiety disorder. The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group and a three-month follow-up. The statistical population includes all 10 to 12-year-old female students who were referred to the counseling and psychological services center for children with behavioral and learning disorders in Sanandaj City for counseling services in 2022. Using the sampling method, 30 people were available. They were selected and randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups (15 people in each group), and the experimental group underwent 16 sessions of 45 minutes under the social competence training program. The measurement tools in this research were the Social Adjustment Questionnaire (CSAS) (1993) and the Anxiety Questionnaire (SCAS) (1998). Statistical data analysis was done using the repeated measurement variance analysis method. The findings showed that there was a significant difference at the level of 0.001 between the pre-test and the post-test of social adjustment and anxiety in the two experimental and control groups, and Also, there was no significant difference between the post-test and follow-up averages in the experimental group at the 0.001 level, and the results were maintained in the follow-up period. Based on the results of the research, it can be said that the social competence training program is a suitable intervention method to improve the social adaptation and anxiety of Female students with social anxiety disorder.

Keywords: Social Adaptation, Social Competence, Anxiety, Female Students.

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Type of Article: Research | Subject: Educational Psychology
Received: 2024/07/18 | Accepted: 2024/09/30 | ePublished: 2025/01/20