A Comparison Study on High School Students' Social Skills and Attitudes in Public, Standard and Private Schools of Tehran Province

In this research, social skills and attitudes of high school iO students in public, standard and private (nonprofit) schools are compared with each other. The sample included 491 high school students who were selected randomly. Data collected through researcher-made questionnaire that was designed in according to social objects and existing questionnaires. Content and construct validity of' our questioner were appropriate. Its coefficient alpha ,vas 0.94. Social skills components defined as "attempt to intimacy with peers", "attempt to intimacy with family members", "benevolence" and "participation in social activities", and attitudes components as "disposition to national unity", "conventionality ", "patriotism" and "Sacrifice and self devotion". The research results indicared that the private high. school students' participation in social activities was higher than public high school students', and students of standard high schools had high scores in conventionality in compare to public and private high schools students. Other components of social skills and attitudes were the same among three groups. There was a significant difference between different educational courses and also there was a significant difference in most social skills and attitudes components between girls and boys.