Comparison of the effectiveness of self-awareness and problem solving skills training on resilience of female employees of Kish Island

The current study aimed to compare the effectiveness of self-awareness and problem solving skills on resiliency female employees of Kish Island In 2014.This study is Semi-experimental with pretest-posttest three groups (two experimental groups and one control group). The sample size included all female employees of public and private agencies of Kish Island. The samples were selected of 60 with single-stage cluster sampling and were replaced into two groups (n = 20) and control (n = 20). The experimental group (1) was trained 8 sessions of self-awareness skills and the experimental group (2) was trained 8 sessions of problem solving skills and the control group was waited for therapy during this period. The method of collecting data was based on Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale Questioner (2003). The reliability was calculated by Cronbach's alpha that was higher than 0.7. For testing the validity of the questioner is used the content validity, so the questionnaire was confirmed by relevant experts. The data analysis of the questionnaire was performed by SPSS19 software in two parts of descriptive and inferential statistics (covariance analysis). The results showed that the self-awareness skills training on female employees’ resiliency is effective. The problem solving skills training on female employees’ resiliency was effective too. The results indicated that self-awareness skills increase the resiliency more than training problem solving skills. So, the training of self-awareness skill is more effective than the training of problem solving skill to improve resiliency .