normalization and validation of a questionnaire on effective life skills for prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of addiction in adolescents

Objectives: the purpose of this study was to normalize and validate a questionnaire on effective life skills for prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of addiction in an adolescent population (age >10 years) from tehran, iran. methods: to prepare the questionnaire, several standard questionnaires were combined, including selfcontrol, problemsolving, decisionmaking, and assertiveness questionnaires. afterward, the validity and reliability of the questionnaire were confirmed.results: the questionnaire consisted of 40 questions on four main skills including 10 questions targeting one specific skill. the questionnaire was examined among 160 adolescents, aged ge;5 years, in different parts of tehran, iran. cronbach rsquo;s alpha coefficient was measured to determine its reliability. the reliability of the questionnaire was calculated based on the ratio of internal variances; cronbach rsquo;s alpha of all items of the designed questionnaire was above 0.7, indicating its acceptable reliability.discussion: the questionnaire on effective life skills for prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of addiction in adolescents had a completely novel design, which was established for the first time in iran. according to the findings, it is possible to evaluate the adolescents rsquo; skills regarding addiction prevention and treatment.