The Effectiveness of Interpersonal Problem Solving Skills Training on Social Problems of Preschool Students

Social problem solvingis a process that children are trying to find effective and adaptive solutions to issues that are encountered in everyday life. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of problem-solving skills training on social problem solving of preschool student. A quasi-experimental design was a pre-test, post-test, and follow-up with control group. 30 preschool students were selected by available sampling method. They were randomly divided into two experimental and control groups. The short version of the revised list social problem of D’Zurilla (2004) were used to measure social problem solving. The data were analyzed by repeated measurement analysis. The results of this study support the use of interpersonal problem solving. The results showed that problem solving skills training had a significant effect on decreasing negative orientation, avoidance problem solving style and impulsivity problem solving style and increasing the positive orientation and logic of problem solving style of preschool students (p <0.05). The results of the follow-up were similar. An interpersonal problem-solving program is proposed as an important framework for understanding and developing mental and social health in preschool children.