Comparison of social skills of preschool children in single-parent families and two- parent Families in Doroud city

Social skills are acquired attitudes. The present study was conducted to compare the social skills of preschool children in single-parent families and two-parent families in Doroud city.
Material & This descriptive study was a Causal-comparative study. The statistical population included all preschool children in Doroud city in the academic year 2014-2015. Sampling was done by census (intervention group) and simple random sampling (control group). Participants included 120 children (60 single-parent children and 60 children, two parents). The data collection was done using Gersham and Elliott's social skills scale (special teacher). Data were analyzed by independent t-test.
Behavioral problems scores, social skills, collaboration, single-parent children were higher than the two parents, while the two parents achieved higher scores in decisiveness. Independent T-test showed that there was no significant difference between the scores of social skills, cooperation scores, decisiveness scores, self-care scores of single-parent children and two parents (P> 0.05).
Findings showed that there was no significant difference between the mean score of social skills of single-parent children and two parents. Also, there was no significant difference between mean scores of social skills subcategories (cooperation, decisiveness, self-control) of single parents and two parents. In general, it can be said that the lack of any parent causes children to experience more difficulties in terms of social interaction factors than other children.