The Effectiveness of Life Skills Training on Resilience in Students with Addiction Readiness

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of life skills training on resilience in students with addiction readiness. Method: The present study was a quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest design with a control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of all secondary high school students in Malayer in 2015-2016. Among them, one school was selected as convenience and 300 students of this school were screened by the addiction potential scale. Then, 34 students who scored higher than the cut-off point and had high addiction readiness were selected and randomly assigned to the experimental (n = 17) and control (n = 17) groups. The participants in the experimental group received 12 sessions of life skills program. The resilience questionnaire was used to collect data. Data were analyzed using univariate analysis of covariance. Results: Findings showed that life skills training was effective on resilience in students with addiction readiness and this training program significantly increased resilience in students with addiction readiness in the experimental group compared to the students with addiction readiness in the control group. Conclusion: Therefore, it can be concluded that life skills training has an important role in increasing resilience in students with addiction readiness and teaching these skills can increase resilience in students with addiction readiness.