خلاصة:
Objective: Since fosters adolescents are deprived of family environment and probably the friendly relationships, some of them may develop problems in achieving self-awareness and communication skills and adjusting to the environmental conditions. Thus, this study was conducted to assess the effect of self-awareness and communication skills training on increasing the level of adjustment in foster adolescents.Method: In a quasi-experimental study, 30 adolescent girls with the age range of 12 to 17 were selected through accessible sampling from several Mashhad orphanages. Thirty subjects were randomly assigned to one of the experimental and control group. Then, communication and self-awareness skills in the experimental group were implemented. In addition, Shinha and Singh adjustment inventory for senior students were performed to measure the changes of adjustment levels in both groups.Result: Self-awareness and communication skill training increased the level of adjustment significantly (p<0.05).Conclusion: Life skill training affects the level of adjustment in foster adolescents. Thus, it is suggested that self-awareness and communication skills can be added to the current approaches in managing interpersonal problems of foster adolescents.
ملخص الجهاز:
com 2Education Organization, Khorasan Razavi, Mashad, Iran A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Objective: Since fosters adolescents are deprived of family environment and probably the friendly relationships, some of them may develop problems in achieving self-awareness and communication skills and adjusting to the environmental conditions.
Thus, this study was conducted to assess the effect of self-awareness and communication skills training on increasing the level of adjustment in foster adolescents.
In a study to evaluate the effectiveness of life skills training on females in economically poor regions, Hamidifar (2004) indicates that self- awareness, effective communication skills, and problem solving skills have significant effects on improving adolescent’s adjustment and behavior.
This study examines the effectiveness of self- awareness and effective communication skills trainings on developing the adjustment level of foster adolescences.
In order to test the research hypothesis regarding &quot;the effects of self-awareness and communication skills training on the adjustment levels of female foster adolescents&quot;, two groups were compared to find the difference in mean scores between experimental and control groups.
In other words, the self-awareness and effective communication training in experimental group could increase the social adjustment of participants.
Meanwhile the differences between experimental and control groups in subscale of &quot;emotional and social adjustment&quot; were not significant.
In general, it seems that the training program related to self-awareness and communication skills plays an important role in increasing the level of adjustment in foster adolescents.