The Effectiveness of Life Skills Training (Problem-Solving and Decision Making) on Interpersonal Intelligence, Love of Learning, and Self-Control in Male Students

The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of life skills training (problem solving and decision making) on interpersonal intelligence, love of learning and self-control of male students.

In terms of practical purpose, this research was semi-experimental based on a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population included all the male students of the sixth grade in the city of Hasan Abad from Shahrari in the academic year of 2019-20. The sample was selected by multi-stage random sampling. The statistical sample was 50 students who were replaced in two experimental groups and control group (25 people in each group). In order to collect data, interpersonal intelligence questionnaire (Chislet and Chapman, 2005), love of learning questionnaire (McFarlane, 2003) and self-control questionnaire (Tanjani, 2004) were used. People in the experimental group were taught life skills (problem solving and decision-making) for ten sessions for one hour, and the group did not receive a training certificate. In order to analyze the data, multivariate covariance analysis was used in SPSS-24 software.

Findings show that teaching life skills (problem solving and decision-making) in sixth grade students increased interpersonal intelligence, love of learning and self-control (p<0.05).

The results indicated that problem-solving and decision-making training can be an important way to create positive academic outcomes and positive psychological conditions in the school environment, and teachers and psychologists can use these trainings as One of the ways to prepare students to live in today's turbulent world.