To determine the effectiveness of life skills training through play on behavioral problems in children

Background and This study conducted to determine the effectiveness of life skills training through play on behavioral problems in children 7-9 years old girl students in Tehran.
The research method was semi-experimental design with pretest-posttest and control group and the population was including all 9-7-year-old girls in west of Tehran who were studing in the academic year of 1395-1396. A total of 24 people were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling and divided in 2 groups (12 girls in control & 12 girls in experiment group). The experiment group received life skills training for 10 sessions. The Quai and Peterson's Behavior Problems Checklist (1987) ) was used before and after intervention for gathering the data. The collected data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance.
results showed a significant difference between behavioral problems in the experimental and control groups in the post-test (p=0.001).
According to the results it can be deduced that life skills training through play can serve as an effective instructive approach to reduce behavioral problems in 7-9 years old girls.