Training Effective Social and Communication Skills in Reducing Adolescents' High-Risk Behaviors(Case Study: Adolescents of Reformatory School of Kerman)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of social and communication skills training in reducing high-risk behaviors of adolescents in Kerman in 2020-2021. The statistical population of this study was the adolescents of Kerman reformatory school, whose number is 43 people who were tested using quantitative sampling method with quasi-experimental research method. All subjects were pre-tested using the high-risk behaviors questionnaire and after teaching social and communication skills to the experimental group, which consisted of 22 people, the post-test was performed. Data were analyzed using MANCOVA index in SPSS 21 software. The results of the hypothesis test showed that social and communication skills training was effective in reducing violent behaviors of adolescents in Kerman reformatory school. This means that the F-ratio was 9.25 with 95% confidence.