Assessing the effect of communication skills training by reducing social anxiety and improving the interpersonal relationships of female students in the field of mathematics/physics of junior high school in Tehran

The purpose of this study was assessing the effect of communication skills training by reducing social anxiety and improving the interpersonal relationships of Third grade female students in mathematical physics in Tehran. To achieve this goal, thirty (30) female students (15 cases and 15 controls) from junior high school in Tehran in the field of mathematics/physics by using the cluster sampling method from all female student high school who were studying in the academic year 89-88 were selected. The present research considered the pre-test/post-test as a control group. The instrument used in this study includes tests of interpersonal relationships Dadkhah and Hrysvka (1999) and Connor was the Social Phobia Scale. The educational program on communication skills during the 12 sessions (one session per week) was conducted basis on UNICEF educational program for the experimental group. The control group did not receive any training while they were living their routine life. The research hypothesis was to use the multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) for the present study. The results showed that the difference between social anxiety and interpersonal relationships were significant differences between experimental and control groups (P =000/0). This means that communication skills training for reducing the social anxiety and improving the interpersonal relationships in the experimental group were significantly more effective. These findings indicated that communication skills training programs could be effective in reducing social anxiety and improving interpersonal relationships.