A Comparison between the Effectiveness of Social-Educational Inoculation Program Based on the Islamic Approach and Stress Inoculation Training on the Lifestyle of Second-Grade High School Female Students with Risky Behavior in Yazd City

Introduction: Risky behaviors and unhealthy lifestyles are significantly associated with mortality of adolescents. So, this study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of social-educational inoculation program based on the Islamic approach and stress inoculation training on the lifestyle of second-grade high school female students with risky behaviors in Yazd. Methods: This study was semi-experimental with pretest-posttest design, in which two experimental groups and one control group were investigated. The statistical population included all high school female students studying in Yazd in the academic year of 2015-2016. The participants included 54 female students with risky behaviors, who were categorized into three groups using the multistage random sampling method. Then, the groups were randomly selected as the experimental and control groups. The educational interventions were conducted in 12 sessions of one hour and 15 minutes once a week during three months. Data collection instruments were the scale of risky behaviors (Zadeh Mohammadi et al.) and lifestyle questionnaire (Laali et al.). Lifestyle questionnaires were completed by students before and after training. Data were analyzed by SPSS20 using covariance and LST. Results: The pretest mean scores of lifestyle in the experimental group with social-educational inoculation program based on the Islamic approach was 140/77, with stress inoculation training was 139.27, and the mean score of the control group was 141.55.I In posttest, these mean scores were 156.83, 139.22, and 140.94, respectively. The results showed that the lifestyle mean scores improved in participants who attended the social-educational inoculation program based on Islamic approach (sig= 0/001). However, the participants who attended the stress inoculation training did not have any significantly difference in this regard (sig=0/085).