The effect of social skills psychoeducationprogram based on solution focused short-termapproach on social skills of university students

This study aims to develop a program that increases the social skills of university students and to determine the effect of this program on the social skill levels of university students. The study group consisted of 18 university students, 9 experimental and 9 control groups, who were deemed appropriate to participate in the program according to the results of the scale. Social Skills Inventory was used as a data collection tool to measure the effectiveness of the program. In this study, a 2x2 (experimental and control groups / pre-test and post-test) quasi experimental design was used since it was aimed to evaluate the effect of the social skills psychoeducation program based on solution-focused short-term approach on the social skills levels of university students. The data obtained from the pre-test and post-test measurements applied to the experimental and control groups of the study were tested with the ANOVA technique. The findings show that the psychoeducation program developed to increase social skills did increase the social skills level of the experimental group. Based on the findings of the study, it can be said that the program is effective in increasing the social skill levels of university students. Based on the findings and results obtained, other psychoeducation programs in the literature on social skills were discussed and suggestions were given for future studies.