期刊名称：International journal of education and applied sciences
印刷版ISSN：2345-6728
电子版ISSN：2345-6728
出版年度：2014
卷号：1
期号：2
页码：108
语种：English
出版社：Azarin Mehr Press
摘要：Abstract Introduction: Social anxiety which refers to obvious and persistent fear of social situations, and rises from the individual's beliefs, affects millions of people each year. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of teaching the problem solving skills on reducing students' social anxiety. Materials and method: This study was a quasi-experimental one. By employing multi-stage sampling, 200 female high school students of Tehran's public schools were selected and examined by Social Anxiety Scale. Then 40 students who had achieved the highest scores on the scale were randomly selected among them, and divided into two experimental and control group randomly. Based on D'zarilla & Goldfield�s problem solving model, the problem solving skills were taught to the experimental group during 12 two-hour sessions. Results: Results showed that Social anxiety among the students who received problem solving skills training was significantly lower than the students who didnt receive the teaching and also problem-solving skills had the appropriate stability over time. Conclusion: Teaching problem solving training is proposed as an effective method to get rid of anxiety among students and preventing psychological and physical trauma and behavioral problems. Keywords:Associate Professor, Academy of Scientific Studies in Education & Azad University, Research and Science Branch
