The Effectiveness of Life Skills Training Programs in Reducing Parent-child Conflicts among High School Male Students

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of life skills training programs in reducing parent-child conflicts. The statistical population of the study comprised all high school male students in Malard from whom 40 individuals were chosen through purposive sampling method. The subjects were randomly assigned to experimental (20 subjects) and control (20 subjects) groups. For the purpose of data collection, Conflict Tactics Scale was used and Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for the total scale was 0.75. The experimental group participated in 12 training sessions, whereas the control group received no intervention. The training sessions included four components of life skills, namely self-awareness, effective communication, anger management, and problem solving. Results of Analysis of Covariance showed that there was a significant difference between the two groups regarding parent-child conflict and its components, i.e., reasoning, verbal aggression, and physical aggression. According to the obtained results, it can be concluded that life skills training programs can promote adolescents’ reasoning ability and reduce parent-child conflicts, verbal aggression, and physical aggression.