The effectiveness of school-based self-control skill training on increasing students' responsibility and social vitality

The current research was conducted with the aim of the effectiveness of school-based self-control skill training on increasing the responsibility and social vitality of male students of the first secondary level.

This research is a semi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the present study included male high school students in Qom province, 50 students were selected using available sampling method and were divided into two groups of 25 students completely randomly. Students in the experimental group participated in 8 sessions of the school-based self-control training program, and the control group did not receive training. Before and after the implementation of the intervention, both groups were evaluated using the scale of California responsibility and social vitality of Zare and Aminpour (2011).

The results of covariance analysis showed that school-based self-control skill training has a significant effect on increasing students' responsibility and social vitality (P<0.01).

 The findings of the present study indicated that self-control skill training can be an effective intervention in increasing responsibility and social vitality in students.