The feasibility of training based on individual, family and school factors on students' social skills and anger control

The present study was conducted to assess the feasibility of education based on individual, family, and school factors on social skills and anger control in students. This research was semi-experimental with a pretest-post-test research design with a control group. The study population included high school students (all male students in Harsin county in the academic year 2021-2022). 30 students of a school were selected by purposeful sampling and were replaced into two experimental and control groups (an experimental group of 15 participants, and a control group of 15 participants). Then Matson Social Skills Questionnaire (MESSY) (Matson et al., 1983), and Anger Control Skill (PACT) (Hajti et al., 2017) were completed by two groups. The experimental group was trained for 10 sessions on beliefs about aggression, empathy, school climate, and school attachment, and the control group did not receive any intervention. The collected data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance. The results of covariance analysis show a significant difference between the post-test scores of social skills (P<0.0001 and F=61.48) and anger control (P<0.0001 and F=172.69) of the two experimental and control groups. Based on the research results, it can be said that the training package based on individual, family, and school factors is a suitable intervention method to increase the social skills and anger control of male students.