Comparison of the Effectiveness of Emotion Regulation Training and Interpersonal Skills Training on the Psychosocial Competence of Students of Urmia Girls' Technical and Vocational School

The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of emotion regulation training and interpersonal skills training on psychosocial competence of Urmia girls' vocational and technical school students. The present study is a quasi-experimental one considering its nature. The statistical population of the study consisted of all female students of Urmia Technical School for undergraduate and undergraduate students in the academic year 1396-97. 90 students were selected as sample in three groups: Experiment 1, Experiment 2 and Control. Experimental groups 1 and 2 were trained for 16 60-minute sessions and the control group received no intervention. The psychosocial competence questionnaire (SECQ) was administered between the two experimental groups and one control group. Multivariate covariance test was performed. The findings showed that there is a difference between the effectiveness of emotion regulation and interpersonal communication skills training on the level of psychosocial competence and its components (self-awareness, social awareness, self-management, responsible decision making, communication skills) of students ( P <0.05) and the mean scores of effectiveness of emotion regulation training were more than communication skills training on the level of psychosocial competence and its components.