Social Skills and its role on the Prevention and Reduction of Social Damages among the Spouses of Yasuj City

Subject Areas : Social issues of Iran

Marziyeh Elahi ¹ , SeyyedSina Hejazi ² , mohammadali chitsaz ³

1 - Ph.D candidate in Sociology, Social Groups tendency, Dehaqan branch, Islamic Azad University, Dehaqan, Iran
2 - Assisstant professor of Sociology group, Dehaqan branch, Islamic Azad University, Dehaqan, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Dehaghan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dehaghan, Iran

Received: 2022-11-27 Accepted : 2023-05-03 Published : 2023-05-22

Keywords: Social Damages, social skills, Social Values Observance Skill, Sympathy and Cooperation Skill,

Abstract :

Introduction: Considering the necessity of life`s needs in the latest era, rapid socio-cultural changes and family structural evolutions, had encountered human binges with many challenges; which psychological-social abilities are required to deal with these troubles. The lack o social skills, has made human lives vulnerable while dealing with problems. Purpose: The present article was done with the aim to investigate the social skills and its role on the prevention and reduction of social skills among the spouses of Yasouj City. Methods: The method of research is survey correlation. Statistical population and sample:  The statistical society are all the spouses in 2011-2016 who were 24792 in 2021; among them 599 spouses were chosen and studied in random quota method through Sample Power software. Instruments: The theoretical framework was codified through the sociological theories. The measurement instruments was researcher-made questionnaire. Validity and Reliability: The validity of questionnaire was estimated through virtual validity and the reliability was approved and gained through Cronbach Alpha. Results: The obtained results of factor analysis indicated five skills of sympathy and cooperation, social values observance, coping skill, self-governance and relations with friends which were identified as the dimensions of social skills of spouses in Yasouj city. The results of multiple regression also revealed a significant effect of these five skills on the prevention and reduction of the spouses’ social damages(P<0.05). In addition, these five skills simultaneously predict 64% of the prevention and reduction of spouses’ social damages; in which the social values observance with(β=-0.399), the sympathy and cooperation skill with(β=-0.284), the coping skills with(β=-0.27), the self-governance with(β=-0.06) and the relations with friends skill with(β=-0.026) can prevent and reduce the spouses’ social damages in overall. Discussion: Social skills features would be effective on the prevention and reduction of social damages among the spouses in Yasouj city.