The Effectiveness of Life Skills Training on Assertiveness and Work Engagement among Staff of Shemiranat Welfare Vocational Centers

AMINEH  KHEDMATI NOGEH DEH SADAT; LEILA PIRI

doi:10.18502/ijoh.v13i3.8416

AMINEH KHEDMATI NOGEH DEH SADAT Master Expert of Industrial/ Organizational Psychology of Islamic Azad University, Tehran Central Branch, Iran
LEILA PIRI Industrial/ Organizational Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Central Branch, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/ijoh.v13i3.8416

Keywords: Assertiveness, Work Engagement, Life Skills Training

Abstract

The aim of this semi-experimental study based on the pre-post-test method was to discuss the effectiveness of life skills training on assertiveness and work engagement among personnel of Dr. Shariati vocational and rehabilitation center of Tehran. The statistical population consisted of all staff working (18 people) in 2018. Gambriel and Richi (1975) and Selano and Shufili questionnaires (2001) were used to estimate assertiveness and work engagement. The internal coincidence of instruments was 0.88 and 0.95. In total, 60 educational programs were considered as experimental interventions pertaining to life decuple skills (6 hours training for each skill). In order to test the hypothesis, t correlative groups were used. The results showed that experimental intervention influences on the increment of the assertiveness and its subscales (controversial and fundamental) and general work engagement had a negative impact on the attraction and power by interval 95% (p<0/05).