Journal of Counseling Research

Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to investigate  the effectiveness of life skills teaching on self-efficacy and increase of happiness on female high school students in forth districts of education in Isfahan   city . Methods: we consider semd-euperimental pretest post-test control group for this study  by using cluste stamping to student as statistical population in this way a female high school were selected at first and 100 people  were selected randomly and guestionnaiv were distributed between them and experimental group receive.life skills for ten 90-minute sessions .It was selected a lot of 40students (20female experimental group and 20 in control group) that have more problems in this area randomly.

For data collection It is used from oxford happiness questionnaire and Shirer happiness questionnaire. for analyze of data we use from covariance. finding of research shows that life skills training have a significant impact on self-efficacy and happiness of students  and increase them.   Conclusion: by life skill teaching a person will be able to achieve knowledge about his abilities and control stressful situatiions as a result he receive sence of satisfaction fram himself and his environment and feel mor happiness.