Assessing the Effectiveness of Communicational Skills in Residents’ Resiliency in Residential Complexes

Abstract

Background: Without any knowledge of apartment life customs, we moved from houses to this new structure. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of communicational skills in resiliency of the residents in a residential complex with 660 apartments in the new city of Andisheh, Shahriar. Patients and Methods: In this study, 28 individuals were selected through the simple random sampling method using the Cochran’s formula. To collect data, a Connor-Davidson questionnaire was used. This semi-experimental study was a pretest and posttest with control group included. For data analysis, descriptive and inferential statistics (Levine test, Covariance test) were used. Results: Results of this study showed that training communicational skills was effective in resiliency of the residents of a residential complex under the study and raised their level of resiliency. Conclusions: With regard to the results of the present study, communicational skills were effective on residents of the residential complex under the study and raised their resiliency. Training communicational skills has a close connection with daily life and aimed activities and can be useful for most people. It can be concluded that group training based on communicational skills may raise their degree of resiliency.