Evaluating School and Family Factors Effective on Second Grade HighschoolAdolescents’ Life Skills in Tehran

Evaluating School and Family Factors Effective on Second Grade HighschoolAdolescents’ Life Skills in TehranThis study aimed to explore the role of family and school factors influencing on life skills of male and female adolescents. The statistical population consiste of all second grade highschool students in Tehran session 1394 – 95 (2016 -2017). A sample of 220 students (114 female, 106 male) were selected via multistage cluster sampling method; the sampling sites were north, south, center, east and west of Tehran. The study tools included demographic and family- characteristic questionnaire, school -factor questionnaire and adolescents life skills questionnaire. The collected data was analyzed by the univariate analysis of variance and Scheffe post – hoc Test. The results indicated that father’s job, family income level, and parents relationship are influential on adolescents life skills and among school factors , relation of teachers, school managers and school staff with student, academic achievements and educational interest are effective on adolescents life skills.