Social Skills: The Role of this Skills in Prevention of Adolescents Abuse

Child abuse is one of the social problems. The control of which requires good and appropriate planning in order to prevent and reduce the related problems. The present study describes the relationship between social skills of adolescents with their abuse at 17 district th in Tehran. The purpose of this research was to study the relationship between social skills of adolescents with their Maltreatment in the 17 district th in Tehran. This is a descriptive – correlational study conducted through multistage sampling. Sample size included 144 students selected from four girl and boy secondary schools in 17 district th of Tehran city. Matson evaluation of social skills and Child Abuse Self Report Scale were used for measuring social skills and child abuse. For analyzing the data Pearson correlation test and multiple regression analysis were used. The findings demonstrated a significant relationship between adolescents` social skills and maltreatment with them. The results indicated that adolescents` aggressiveness is the most significant predictor in maltreating them. Overall it is concluded that deficits in social skills particularly aggressiveness, non-social behaviors, and lack of observing appropriate social skills at children interacting with adults increases the likelihood of children`s abuse. So it is necessary to improve social skills of teenagers and students by authorities and practitioners.