سمانه خالقی

Nowadays, citizenship ethics is one of the necessities of life, and its realization in the individual and social life improves interpersonal relations. The present study aimed to design and to determine the effectiveness of citizenship ethics education in the improvement of altruism and prosocial behaviors in high school girl students. The study design was semi-experimental between groups. The study population was high school girl students in Ardebil city in the academic year 2021-2022. Using multistage cluster sampling method, 60 subjects were selected and were divided into experimental (n = 30) and control (n = 30) groups. The experimental group received citizenship ethics training for 15 sessions; however, the control group received no intervention. They were assessed by Social Problem Solving Questionnaire (Di Zorilla) and Social Behavior Questionnaire (California). Data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance. Results showed that citizenship ethics training was effective in improving responsibility, commitment, and altruism (p.05). Hence, it can be concluded that citizenship ethics is a prerequisite for adapting to social change and sets the stage for prosocial behaviors so that individuals with citizenship ethics can improve social relationships and ensure psychological health.

Citizenship ethics is one of the essentials of modern life and its objective realization in the personal and social life shapes the development of social skills and competence and improvement of interpersonal relationships. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of citizenship ethics education on social competence, responsibility, empathy and problem solving ability in Ardebil high school girl students in the academic year 1-5. To this end, 2 high school girl students in Ardebil city in the academic year 2-5 were selected by multistage cluster sampling method and divided into experimental (n = 4) and control (n = n) groups. Subjects were randomly assigned so that the experimental group was exposed to citizenship ethics training for three sessions and the control group received no intervention. To measure the variables studied in two stages of pre-test, post-test and follow-up, Prendin Social Adequacy Questionnaire, Di Zorilla Social Problem Solving Questionnaire and California Social Behavior Questionnaire were used. Data analysis showed that citizenship ethics training is effective in improving social competence and its components, social problem solving ability, commitment, responsibility and altruism (p≥0.05). Based on the findings, it can be concluded that citizenship ethics is a prerequisite for adapting to social change and underpins the formation of socially desirable behaviors so that individuals with citizenship ethics can improve social relationships and ensure psychological health.Keywords: Citizenship Ethics, Social Adequacy, Social Problem Solving, Commitment, Kindness, Responsibility.