Effectiveness of group problem-solving skill training on decreasing of ambiguity tolerance in teenagers
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Abstract:
Introduction
The aim of the present research was investigation of effectiveness of group problem-solving skill training on increase of ambiguity tolerance in secondary school female teenagers in Karaj.
Methods
The design of study is pre-test - post-test accompanied by follow-up and control group. Statistic universe included secondary school female students in Karaj among whom 30 students were selected by cluster random multi-stage sampling method. Then، they were put into two groups by random: experiment group (15 students) and control group (15 students). The research tool was “Ahmadpour-Mobarake” ambiguity tolerance questionnaire (2009). At the pre-test stage، all of the students completed the questionnaire. Then the experiment group participated in ten sessions of one hour problem-solving skill training، whereas، the control group didn’t get any training at all. At the post-test stage، both of the groups answered the ambiguity tolerance scale again and the incoming data were analyzed using one-way co-variance analysis and variance analysis with repetitious measuring.
Results
The results showed that the group problem-solving skill training increased the ambiguity tolerance in experiment group in comparison to the control group، and this effect continued later two-month when the follow-up was taken.
Conclusions
Ambiguity tolerance is one of the most important personal infrastructures. Problem-solving skill training enables an individual to cope with problems in ambiguous and unforeseen situations.
Language:
Persian
Published:
International Journal of Behavioral Sciences, Volume:7 Issue: 4, 2014
Pages:
363 to 371
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