The Effectiveness of A Training Program in Improving Social Competence of Abused Female Pupils at late Childhood Stage

Abstract

The study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of a training program in improving social competence of female abused pupils at late childhood stage. The study sample consisted of (26) female pupils whose ages ranged from (10.9 to 11.4) years. The selection of the sample was based on the fact that the participants got the lowest scores in social competence scale and the highest scores in parental abuse scale. They were divided randomly into two groups, experimental group and control group; each of them included (13) female pupils. Unlike the control group, the experimental group administered the experimental treatment. To answer the hypothesis of the study, following statistical analyses were used: means, standard deviations, and ANCOVA. The results of the study showed that there were statistical differences between the mean scores of the experimental group and those of the control one in social competence scale in favor of the experimental group, while there were no statistical differences between the post-measurement and the follow- up measurement