effects of interventional training program on interpersonal skills in female teenagers: a case control study

Background: interpersonal skills enable people to develop positive and effective relationships with each other. objectives: this study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of training on interpersonal skills in female teenagers. methods: by an interventional study with pretestposttest design, subjects were randomly divided into case and control groups. the target population consisted of all female teenagers in ilam in 2016 2017. the 60 participants, included by multistage cluster sampling, were randomly assigned into two experimental (n = 30) and control groups (n = 30). the short 32item version of inventory of interpersonal problems (iip) was used to collection of data, which was completed by all subjects at the pretest stage. the interventional group received eight sessions of the life skills training program, and two experimental and control groups received the posttest. data were analyzed by twovariable variance of analysis via spss software version 20. results: the results showed a significant difference between the interpersonal skills scores of both interventional and control groups in the posttest stage at the significance level (p<0.01). this means that training enhances the interpersonal skills of female teenagers. conclusions: the training program can be effective for interpersonal skills.