Examining the Effectiveness of Social Skills Training on Loneliness and Achievement Motivation among Nurses

Abstract

<p>This study tries to examine the effectiveness of social skills training on feeling of loneliness and achievement motivation in nurses. The present research is an experimental study of pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The research instruments included the revised UCLA Loneliness Scale and the Achievement Motivation Test for adults. The sample size consisted of 40 nurses working in Imam Khomeini Hospital in the city of Ahwaz selected through multi-stage random sampling and assigned to two experimental and control groups. To this end, prior to teaching the social skills, both groups were pre-tested. Then, the experimental group received social skills training for 12 fifty-minute sessions but no training was provided to the control group. Upon the completion of the training course, both groups immediately took the post-tests. The results of one-way analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) and multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) showed that social skills training significantly increased achievement motivation and reduced feeling of loneliness in nurses.</p>