The Effectiveness of Social Skills Training and its Relationship to Life Pressures of Addicted Women in Palestinian Working Women's Society for Development in the Gaza Strip

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1 Dhofar University, Oman

2 NA

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The purpose of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of social skills training and its relationship with life stress among a sample of addicted women. The study used a social survey methodology and the study population consisted of addicted women beneficiaries of the Palestinian working woman society for development in Gaza City, with a total of 181 addicts. The researcher selected a purposive sample of 70 beneficiaries from the target society, aged between 20 and 50 years, with a duration of addiction ranging from 3 to 5 years. The most important findings of the study, there was a statistically significant inverse relationship at a significance level of 0.05 between training in social skills and the reduction of life stress among addicted women, with a correlation coefficient of -0.976. There was a statistically significant inverse relationship at a significance level of 0.05 between problem solving skills training and the reduction of life stress among addicted women, with a correlation coefficient of -0.949. There was a statistically significant inverse relationship at a significance level of 0.05 between training in family relationship enhancement skills and the reduction of life stress among addicted women, with a correlation coefficient of -0.934. There was a statistically significant inverse relationship at a significance level of 0.05 between self-care skills training and reduction of life stress among addicted women, with a correlation coefficient of -0.958.

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