The Effect of Adult Literacy on Economic Development and Reduction of Social Harms

The Effect of Adult Literacy on Economic Development and Reduction of Social Harms The issue of considering social norms is of great importance in any civilized community. Confronting social values will lead to gradual collapse of the society and threatens its security. The purpose of this research is to find the effect of adult literacy on economic development and the reduction of social harms. Data was gathered from 12 adult literacy teachers in Shiraz and the samples were chosen purposefully. Deep interviews were continued until saturation of the information. In order to interpret the interviews, descriptive statistics was used. Thematic content analysis was conducted to analyze and describe data. The results showed that adults’ learning and literacy would improve life skills as well as economic development individually and socially by using excitement focus approach and problem focused approach coping strategies. These strategies increase social and mental capacities of individuals and helps them to be more effective in dealing with problems as well as improving their capabilities.