University of Sistan and Baluchestan Journal of Educational Psychology Studies 2228-6683 19 47 2022 10 23 The effectiveness of teaching six interpersonal skills on academic hope and students’ sense of connectedness with school The effectiveness of teaching six interpersonal skills on academic hope and students’ sense of connectedness with school 52 33 7226 10.22111/jeps.2022.7226 FA Jafar Hoseinabadi M. A. Student of Educational Administration, Department of Education, Faculty of Education and Psychology,University of Sistan and Baluchestan , Zahedan, Iran. Naser Nastiezaie Associate Professor of Educational Administration, Department of Education, Faculty of Education and Psychology,University of Sistan and Baluchestan , Zahedan, Iran. Journal Article 2022 11 11 The Porpouse of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of interpersonal communication skills training on academic hope and students’ sense of connectedness with school. A quasi experimental design was employed with pretest, posttest and control group. The population of this study included all sixth grade male students in Zahak city (Sistan and Baluchestan province) in the academic year 2021-2022 (N=413). The sample consisted of 30 students who were selected by multistage cluster sampling and randomly assigned to two groups, experimental (n=15) and control (n=15), were assigned. The data collection instrument was the academic hope scale (Khormayie & Kamari, 2017) and students’ sense of connectedness with school (Brew, Beatty & Watt, 2004) questionnaire that all participants completed as the pre-test. Then, the communication skill training program (Ahmadi et al, 2013) was conducted in the experimental group for eight sessions. Finally, the same questionnaire was completed by both experimental and control groups. Then, the data was analyzed using covariance analysis. The findings indicated that communication skills training can affect academic hope and students’ sense of connectedness with school (p-value<0/01). Therefore, interpersonal communication skills should be taught as one of the subjects in order to promote the academic hope and students’ sense of of connectedness with school should be considered. The Porpouse of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of interpersonal communication skills training on academic hope and students’ sense of connectedness with school. A quasi experimental design was employed with pretest, posttest and control group. The population of this study included all sixth grade male students in Zahak city (Sistan and Baluchestan province) in the academic year 2021-2022 (N=413). The sample consisted of 30 students who were selected by multistage cluster sampling and randomly assigned to two groups, experimental (n=15) and control (n=15), were assigned. The data collection instrument was the academic hope scale (Khormayie & Kamari, 2017) and students’ sense of connectedness with school (Brew, Beatty & Watt, 2004) questionnaire that all participants completed as the pre-test. Then, the communication skill training program (Ahmadi et al, 2013) was conducted in the experimental group for eight sessions. Finally, the same questionnaire was completed by both experimental and control groups. Then, the data was analyzed using covariance analysis. The findings indicated that communication skills training can affect academic hope and students’ sense of connectedness with school (p-value<0/01). Therefore, interpersonal communication skills should be taught as one of the subjects in order to promote the academic hope and students’ sense of of connectedness with school should be considered. https://jeps.usb.ac.ir/article_7226_d0261c8e4e817fde3a06a7080d101740.pdf