فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Background: Drug dependence is one of the major problems in today’s world which has turned into a serious, concerning threat due to its destructive and preventive effects on the development and prosperity of the society. Objectives: The study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of social skills training on tendency to addiction among high school female students of Ahvaz city. Results: The results of the analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) test showed that there was a significant difference between the tendency to addiction reduction scores in control and experimental groups (P < 0.01). The results indicated that training the social skills were effective to reduce the tendency to addiction reduction in high school female students of Ahvaz. Conclusions: Teaching the appropriate social skills is effective in reducing the tendency to addiction among the students.