Communicative Components of Satir Theory on High-Risk Behaviors in Girls

Elham Rezania, Parviz KarimiSani

Abstract


The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of teaching the communicative components of satir theory on reducing high-risk behaviors of high school girls. The research method was quasi-experimental and a pretest-post- test design with a control group was used. The statistical population of the study consisted of all female high school students in the academic year of 1998-1999. The sample consisted of 30 students who were selected by screening and available sampling method and after matching in two groups of 15 experimental and control. Satir's communicative approach was taught to the experimental group twice in 7 sessions of 7 minutes per week in 7 sessions, while the control group did not receive any training. The research instruments were two Iranian Adolescent Risk Questionnaires (IARS) and the Minnesota Multidimensional Questionnaire (MMPI) which were completed by students in both groups in the pre-test and post-test. Analysis of covariance was used to analyze the results. The results showed that there was a significant difference between the mean scores of propensity for high-risk behaviors, propensity to use drugs and propensity for unsafe sexual behavior of students in the experimental group and the control group in the post-training phase (p≤0.01). Also, there is no significant difference between the mean scores of tendency to violence, tendency to smoke, tendency to dangerous driving, tendency to drink alcohol and tendency to friendship with the opposite sex of students in the trained group and the control group after training (p>0.01). Therefore, it can be concluded that the training of satir communication skills in students of the trained group had a greater effect on reducing the tendency to high-risk behaviors, drug use and insecure sexual behavior than the control group and had an effect on reducing the tendency to violence and smoking. It did not have a tendency to drive carelessly and dangerously, a tendency to drink alcohol and a tendency to be friends with the opposite sex.

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