Effectiveness Of Social Competence Training On Increasing Self-esteem And Reduce Shyness Of Students With Multiple Disabilities Of Qaen County

Adolescence is a period of transformation with rapid changes in physiological, cognitive, emotional and behavioral. Successfully completing of this course requires social competence. Aim of this present study was effectiveness of social competence training to increase self-esteem and reduce shyness of students with multiple disabilities of Qaen county.
In this quasi-experimental study with pre-test and control group, the statistical population consisted of all multiple disabilities under the welfare office of county of Qaen. From this statistical population were selected 30 persons by simple random sampling and assigned randomly in two groups of experimental and control. First, both groups completed Felner social competence scale, Shyness Questionnaire and Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory.Then experimental group received ten sessions of social competence.The findings analyzed by using T-Test.
Findings of study showed that is a significant difference between experimental and control groups after the implementation of social competence training. So that the self-esteem average in the experimental group was significantly higher than the control group and the shyness average of experimental group decreased significantly compared to the control group (P According to the findings, recommended that social competence training by skilled experts as a wonderful application to improve situations of adolescents with disabilities in Care centers of persons with physical movement disabilities.