Iranian Journal of War and Public Health

Aims:The veterans and their families might face with many mental and behavioral problems due to the war outcomes. One of the problems is their children’s vulnerability at their adolescent. The aim of the study was to determine the effectiveness of the socio-emotional skills program training on anger control and social problem-solving skill in the veterans’ children.

Materials & Methods: In the controlled pretest-posttest semi-experimental study, 30 male children of veterans, who studied at Shahed High School in Ardabil, were studied in 2015. The subjects, selected via simple random sampling method, were randomly divided into two groups including control (n=15) and experimental (n=15) groups. Data was collected by anger control and social problem-solving skill questionnaires. Twelve one-hour socio-emotional skill-training sessions were conducted in experimental group, while control group received no training session. Data was analyzed by SPSS 16 software using multi-variable covariance test.

Findings:The effects of pretest stage having been controlled, the mean posttest scores of the groups were significantly different in anger control, positive orientation toward the problem, logical problem-solving, negative orientation towards the problem, impulsive/carelessness style, and avoidance style (p<0.001).

Conclusion:The socio-emotional skills training enhance anger control and constructive problem-solving skill, while it reduces insufficient problem-solving skill in the veterans’ children.