Background
death, anxiety, ’ behavior, depressive, depression, suicidal behaviors
DISORDERS, EVENTS, DISEASE, COMPLICATIONS
Childhood and adolescence are among the most important stages of life. Children and adolescents are very important parts of the society and their mental and physical health ensures the future health of the society. Adolescents’ lives are accompanied by special difficulties and complications such as social and familial transformations, dangerous disease incidence, competition, exam stress, etc. Each one alone can bring on a lot of tension and put their health in risk which could lead to irreparable damage. According to this, knowledge of life skills and problem solving affects different aspects of students’ behavior and personality. Nowadays many researchers believe that coping skills such as problem-solving skill, providence and making reasonable and accurate assessment helps people cope with problems more successfully [Another one of these important skills is the problem-solving skill which is a necessity to obtain behavioral and social health and to have a generally successful performance in life. The results of different studies show that assertiveness skill training improves mental health. On the other hand, self-esteem and self-efficacy are some of the most essential factors for optimal growth of children and adolescents’ personality. Self-esteem is considered to be one of the most important components of mental health as the central and basic factor in social-emotional adjustment [There are some studies that have evaluated the epidemiological status of mental disorders in different communities. In a study on epidemiology of depression and anxiety among 1582 undergraduate students in 2021, the prevalence of depression and anxiety turned out to be 22.3% and 15.8%, respectively. This study indicated that girls were more likely to show such symptoms [In a WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project, 35% of the samples among 13.984 students from 19 colleges across 8 countries demonstrated positive screening for one or more of the common lifetime disorders [The study of Hashemian and his colleagues in Isfahan estimated the prevalence of depression in students by 29.1 (32.9 in girls and 25.4 in boys) [Nathan King and colleagues’ work showed higher possibilities of anxiety and depressive diagnosis in females [Suicide is one of the preventable outcomes of mental health disorders worldwide caused by different factors. Zarei and his colleagues’ evaluation on factors associated with suicidal attempts demonstrated that stressful life events and perceived social support are two of the most important factors in attempting suicide [According to a meta-analysis and systematic review conducted in 2019 including 24 studies and 25.354 participants, suicide plays the second role in young people’s death [Another meta-analysis study among 37.486 undergraduates in 2021 estimated the pooled prevalence of depression, anxiety and suicidal behaviors to be 28.51%, 37.75% and 9.10%, respectively [It appears that problem-solving and assertiveness training could play a major role in improving their communication skills [