Effectiveness of Group Training of Transactional Analysis on Distress Tolerance and Communication Skills

The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of group training of transactional analysis on distress tolerance and communication skills of delinquent adolescents. The study was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest and control group and follow-up period.The statistical population consisted of delinquent male adolescents from Qom correction and rehabilitation center. Participants included 30adolescents (mean age=15.91; SD= 2.95) were selected by purposeful sampling method and were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. They completed the Distress Tolerance Scale (Simons & Gaher, 2005) and the Communication skills Test (Queendom, 2004). The experimental group received 990-minute sessions of transactional analysis sessions. Then, at the end of the therapeutic interventions and again 2 months later, the subjects of the experimental and control groups were evaluated by questionnaires.The results of analysis of variance with repeated measures showed that transactional analysis significantly increased distress tolerance and communication skills. The findings suggested the effectiveness of group training of transactional analysis in increasing distress tolerance and improvingcommunication skills in delinquent adolescents.