Effectiveness of combined training of philosophy for children and empathy program on social competence in students

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of combined training philosophy for children and empathy program on social competence of elementary students. The research method is semi-experimental (pre-test and post-test design with control group). Statistical population of research includes all boy students who are studying in elementary school (fifth and sixth grade) from Tehran, in the 2018-19. Using the convenience sample, the 30 person who obtained the lowest scores in the social competence questionnaire, selected as sample and randomly assigned to two groups of 15 (control and experimental). The experimental group then passed the combined training of philosophy for children and empathy program for 10 sessions each for 1 hour. Flenz social competence questionnaire (1990) was used for data collection. The data is analyzed through covariance method. The results represent the significant effect (P>0/01) and the implementation of this program increase the social competence of students.