The Effect of Life Skills Training on Social Health:A Case Study of 15- to 29-Year-Olds in Haji Abad City

The aim of this research is to investigate the effect of life skills on social health regarding theoretical foundations by Keyes (social health) and the Bandura social learning theory (life skills). The sample size was 368 persons who were selected through simple random sampling using a standardized questionnaire. The results have been analysed using the SPSS 22 software. T-Tests, Pearson correlation, regression and path analysis have been used to analyse the relationships between variables. The results indicate that the rate of youth social health was medium to high. Findings show a direct relationship between the dimensions of life skills and social health in the studied population. Also social health of youth is significant different depending on marital status, but not on gender. The regression results also indicate that among factors influencing health, the communication skill variable, beta=0.93, has the greatest direct impact on social health in the studied population. The findings of path analysis show that only the critical-creative thinking variable has a direct and indirect effect, other variables only have a direct effect on the participants. Results also indicate that measures of communication skill, rate of self-consciousness, decision making, excitement and creative thinking can explain up to 90 percent of the dependent variable.