The effects of liffe skills training on mediating factors of drag use among adolescents (student) at risk

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 61-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Khademi Ashkzari ◽  
T. Ahmadi Gatab
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
At Risk ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test

IntroductionAdolescence and its importance in the growth and spread of risky behavior theorists and researchers Mvrdtvjh Humanities is located. Among the risky behaviors of substance abuse behaviors in adolescence and early adulthood is still one of the most common problems are communities.AimsThe purpose of the present research was to study the effects of life skills training on reducing individual risk factors of drug abuse among secondary school students.MethodsIn the first phase 636 secondary students at risk were selected by cluster random sampling and answered to risk factors and protective questionnaires. The data were analyzed by correlation coefficients and multi variable regression. The results indicated the following predictive factors: attitude, self- management, social empowerment, family and school ties.ResultsIn the second phase based on the results of the first phase by pre- and post- test methods 80 secondary students were selected and divided to case and control groups at random. After performing pre-test for both groups, the case group attended 10 training section. After wards post- test was performed for both. The data analyzing using covariance (comparing post- tests regardless of the pre-test effect) indicated effectiveness af skills training on individual abuse factors. These factors showed significant difference comparing to control group after intervention.ConclusionsThus it can be concluded that training life skills in the high risk group can have positive effect on individual abuse variables and reduce the possibility of drug abuse in future among them.

scholarly journals Studying the Effectiveness of Prevention Training Program of Drug Abuse on Reducing Risk Factors in Soldiers and Staffs

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1.SP) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Parviz DABAGHI ◽  
Seyyed-Javad HOSSEINI-SHOKOUH ◽  
Reza SHAHRABADI
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Prevention Training

Background and objective:    Drug abuse is one of the diseases that are highly dependent on individual behaviors and social interactions. This disease can be created in places like military garrisons due to their relationship with such behaviors. Therefore, soldiers and staffs are at risk of drug abuse. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of prevention training program of drug abuse on reducing risk factors in soldiers and staffs in Iran.Methods:In this quasi-experimental interventional study, 392 soldiers and staffs in two military garrisons in Khorasan Razavi (Intervention group 242 and control group 150) were randomly conducted to training program. The data collection tools were questionnaire of identifying people in risk of addiction, life skills questionnaire and demographic variables. The questionnaires were completed as self-report. Educational content was consisted of seven training sessions (60-minute) that only applied in the intervention group. 45 days after the last training session, educational software was distributed as a reminder in the intervention group. The two groups were followed up three months after the intervention. Finally, the data were analyzed using SPSS version 16.Results:  The findings showed that there was no significant difference between the two groups in demographic variables (Pvalue>0.05). The mean scores for risk factors on drug abuse after training program (Depression and feeling of inability, Positive attitude toward drug abuse and Anxiety and fearing of others) were significantly improved in the intervention group (Pvalue<0.05). Also, life skills variables except the problem solving skill (Pvalue>0.05) had a significant change after intervention in the intervention group (Pvalue<0.05).Conclusion:The findings indicated that the prevention training program of drug abuse based on life skills training could reduce the risk factors of drug abuse for soldiers and staffs in military garrisons.

scholarly journals Effect of Life Skills Training On Emotional Distress: A Comparative Study between Adolescent Boys and Girls

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
C. R. Hita ◽  
G. Venkatesh Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Distress ◽  
Emotional Development ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Adolescent Boys ◽  
Life Skills Training ◽  
Post Test

Adolescence is considered as a crucial stage for emotional development. It is also seen as a time of hyper-emotionality, emotional conflict, and volatile mood states. Given that adolescents lack skills for emotional management, emotional distress during these years can hamper their immediate growth and adversely affect their transition to the next stage of life. Interventions that promote positive emotional development during adolescence are the need of the hour. Keeping this in focus, the present study investigated the Effect of Life Skills Training on Adolescent boys and girls with high Emotional Distress. The study used pre- and post-test experimental design with a control group to examine the stated objectives. 160 adolescent boys and girls (n=80), with a mean age of 16.44 years, were selected for the study using Positive and Negative Affect Schedule. Of these, 80 in the experimental group (boys=40, girls=40) were trained in life skills. Descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test and repeated measures of ANOVA were used to analyze obtained results. Major findings of the study indicate that Life Skills training has significant effect in reducing emotional distress and improving emotional health in adolescents. And the significance of it was found to be higher in girls compared to boys.

scholarly journals Comparing the effectiveness of sexual skills training and communication skills training on the sexual attitudes of married women

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-3
Author(s):  
Azra Ghaffari ◽  
Ayda Feizollahe Vahid
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Sexual Attitudes ◽  
Training Group ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Communication Skills Training ◽  
Training Method ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test

Background: The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of sexual skills training and communication skills training on the sexual attitudes of married women. The statistical population of the present study consisted of all married women aged 18 to 45 years old in Tabriz in 2014. Methods: The quasi-experimental research design consisted of three groups (pre-test and post-test) using a comparative method. Individuals were randomly placed into three groups with 15 individuals each: a sexual skills training group, a communication skills training group and a control group. All individuals were tested before starting the training sessions. The two experimental groups received educational interventions consisting of eight sessions of 60 to 90 minutes, while the control group did not receive any training. Following the training sessions, all groups completed a post-test. The Sexual Knowledge and Attitudes Scale (SKAS) was used to collect the data; covariance analysis (ANCOVA) was used to analyze the results. Results: Based on the analysis, the results of a consequential least significant difference (LSD) test indicated a significant difference between the communication skills training method and the sexual skills training method in their roles in affecting women’s sexual attitudes positively. The P value for the communication skills group was 0.014 and 0.914 for the sexual skills group, indicating the communication skills training method was more effective. Differences are considered statistically significant at P>0.05. Conclusions: Communication skills training can have a positive impact on sexual attitudes and may be a preferred training option to reduce couples’ sexual problems.

scholarly journals Promoting Healthy Family Behaviors in the Primary Care Setting

PRiMER ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina Weirauch ◽  
Julie Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
At Risk ◽  
Usual Care ◽  
Pediatric Obesity ◽  
Screening Tool ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Randomized Study ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Significant Difference

Introduction: Pediatric obesity is an increasingly prevalent problem. Several studies have examined prevention and treatment strategies. The majority of effective studies involved school or community interventions. With health care becoming more collaborative, we hypothesized that a behavioral health specialist may be effective in executing multifaceted interventions with families of at-risk patients. Methods: This is a prospective randomized study, evaluating impact of intervention with a behavioral specialist on lifestyle risk factors for pediatric obesity in children. At-risk behaviors were identified with a screening tool from the Healthy Kids, Healthy Michigan Clinical Decision Tools, based on the 2007 American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines on pediatric obesity. An intervention group received ongoing care from the behavioral specialist over three months, including motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy. Participants were compared with a control group receiving usual care. Results: There was no significant difference between the intervention and control group regarding change in number of risk factors. However, both groups had a reduced number of risk factors at follow-up. The control group had a significant change in number of risk factors after the intervention. Conclusion: There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups. However, it is notable that both groups saw significant decreases in total number of risk factors. The only addition to usual care provided to the control group was use of the screening tool. Our results indicate that the use of a screening tool and brief physician intervention may be an effective means for improving healthy behaviors within families.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of a Health Behavioural Intervention Aimed at Reduction of Risky Sexual Behaviours among Young Men in the KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. 1938
Author(s):  
Thabang Manyaapelo ◽  
Bart Van den Borne ◽  
Robert A. C. Ruiter ◽  
Sibusiso Sifunda ◽  
Priscilla Reddy
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Sexual Relationships ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Behavioural Intervention ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Alcohol And Drug Use ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Post Test

Two studies evaluating the same behavioural intervention were conducted in two areas in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa using a randomized pre-test post-test control group design for study 1 (peri-urban) and a pre-test post-test design without a control group for study 2 (rural). The intervention included discussions and skills training on: (1) notions of masculinity, manhood, and responsibility, (2) personal and sexual relationships, (3) general communication skills, and (4) alcohol and other substance use. The intervention was aimed at men between 18 and 35 years of age. Measures of attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control and intention for condom use, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing, reduction of alcohol and drug use, avoiding sex while intoxicated, and avoiding sex with intoxicated people were assessed using a facilitator-administered questionnaire. The results for study 1 showed that 4 of the 19 variables scored significantly different at baseline and that all 19 variables showed no significant changes between pre-test and post-test. For study 2, one significant difference was found for attitude towards avoiding sex when one is intoxicated. Overall, the intervention had minimal success with just one area of positive effect. Further development and testing of this programme is recommended before it can be considered for broader scale implementation.

Feeling of Loneliness in Deaf Adolescents: the Effect of an Online Life Skills Program

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-129
Author(s):  
Guita Movallali ◽  
Zeynab Musavi ◽  
Elham Hakimi-Rad
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Impairment ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Online Counseling ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Convenience Sampling ◽  
Experimental Group

Abstract The aim of the current study was to investigate the effect of life skills training on the reduction of feeling of loneliness among deaf and hard of hearing adolescents.This study had a pretest-post test with control and experimental group design using convenience sampling. The Feelings of Loneliness Questionnaire developed by Dehshiri (1387) was filled in by 275 individuals who were joined in a special social network for the deaf. The age rang of the sample group was from 17 to 37. Thirty of them who had the lowest scores in feelings of loneliness were randomly assigned to two fifteen-person groups. The experimental group received online life skills-based education, while the control group received no intervention. The training was performed in ten 120- minutes sessions. The data were analyzed by ANCOVA and repeated measures test. The results indicated that the online life skills-based training program reduced feelings of loneliness caused by a lack of interaction with friends and family in deaf adolescents. According to the results of this study life skills are so important for deaf adolescents and paying attention to these skills is a social necessity through which the mental health of individuals with hearing impairment and deafness can be improved. In addition, regarding the effectiveness of online life skills-based education and considering the inaccessibility of conventional consultation for all of individuals with hearing impairment and deafness, online counseling and also online social, cognitive, and consultative rehabilitation can be used and is recommended in other domains.

scholarly journals EFFECT OF STUDY SKILLS TRAINING ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND RETENTION OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS GEOGRAPHY STUDENTS IN JALINGO METROPOLIS

2015 ◽  
pp. 29-40
Author(s):  
Happy MICHAEL ◽  
Joshua JOSEPH ◽  
Peter IORNYAGH
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Study Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Significance Test ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Experimental Group

This study was undertaken to investigate the effect of study skills training on academic achievement and retention of geography students in Jalingo metropolis of Taraba State. A pre-test, post-test control group, quasi experimental design was adopted for this study. Geography students were purposively selected from two private schools in Jalingo metropolis of Taraba State. Three validated and standardized instrument were used for data collection. These instruments were pre-test geography achievement, post-test geography achievement and retention geography test. Four research questions were stated for the lesson and four hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance. Test- retest method of reliability estimate was determined by using Pearson product moment correlation coefficient. The reliability coefficient of 0.86 was obtained. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, t-test and analysis of covariance. The result of the study revealed that the experimentalgroup thatwas given study skills training performed higher (mean=52.87, SD=12.5) than that of the control group (mean=41.0, SD=8.1). Also the retention score of the experimental group is higher (mean=49.60, SD=14.38) than the control group (mean= 36.20, SD=8.01). There was also a significant difference in the academic achievement and retention scores of experimental group and control group. Based on these findings, school teachers, curriculum planners are encouraged to include study skills training in the instructional processes in classrooms to enhance retention and achievement of students.

scholarly journals The effect of teaching using the Internet Web on the first grade secondary students’ achievement in Physics and their attitudes towards it: أثر التدريس باستخدام شبكة الإنترنت في تحصيل طلاب الصف الأول الثانوي  في مادة الفيزياء واتجاهاتهم نحوها

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (32) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Mutlaq Alosaimi
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Experimental Group

The current study aimed at investigating the effect of teaching using the Internet Web on the first grade secondary students’ achievement in Physics and their attitudes towards it. The experimental method was employed by using the two-group pre-post quasi-experimental design to answer the aforementioned questions. The sample consisted of (82) first grade secondary students enrolled in two sections which were randomly selected from all first grade secondary sections at Abhor educational complex in Jeddah province in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia using the cluster random sampling technique, where the two sections were randomly assigned into the two groups. The students were distributed evenly by the two groups such as (41) students in each group, where the students in the experimental group were taught using the Internet, while the students in the control group were taught using the traditional method. For the purposes of data collection, two equivalent forms of an achievement test have been developed in order to measure the first three levels (remembering, understanding, and application) of the cognitive domain in the “movement representation” unit within the physics curriculum being taught to the first grade secondary school students in the academic year 2013/2014 H in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Each form consisted of (35) multiple-choice questions with four alternatives. On the other hand, a pre-developed valid and reliable attitude scale towards physics in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was used. The results of the study revealed a statistically significant difference (α = 0.05) between the achievement post-test mean scores of the experimental and control groups for the favor of the experimental group who was taught using the educational site, which was designed and set up on the Internet Web. Similarly, the results revealed a statistically significant difference (α = 0.05) between the attitudes towards Physics post-test mean scores of both groups in favor of the experimental group. In light of the findings of the study, the researcher recommends conducting further studies on the benefits of using the Internet Web in the educational process in general and in distance learning in particular.

scholarly journals EFFECTS OF PROBLEM BASED LEARNING METHOD AND DEMONSTRATION TEACHING METHOD ON SECONDARY STUDENTS AGRICULTURE ACHIEVEMENT IN NDHIWA SUB COUNTY, KENYA

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Peter Ogweno ◽  
Nephat Kathuri ◽  
Agnes Nkurumwa
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Students ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Achievement Data ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test

Purpose: The study sought to compare the effects of Problem Based Learning (PBL) method and Demonstration Teaching Method (DTM) on achievement of students in agriculture subject. Methodology: The study used Quasi-Experimental Design which followed a Non-equivalent Control Group Pre-test-Post-test Design, while a Constructivist learning theory guided the study. PBL was the treatment while Demonstration teaching method was used as control. The target population were 7124 students taking agriculture and 52 teachers of agriculture. Accessible population were Form Two Students and 12 schools. Both stratified random sampling and purposive sampling methods were used to obtain a sample size of 575 students and 12 teachers of agriculture. Six schools used Problem Based Learning as treatment, while the other six schools were taught through Demonstration teaching method. Pre-test was administered to PBL and DTM groups before teaching the students and a post-test was also administered to both groups at the end of six weeks of study. Data was collected using Agriculture Achievement Test (AAT) to measure students’ achievement. Data was analysed using ANCOVA and descriptive statistics. Findings:  Post-test results established that teaching through PBL resulted in higher students’ achievement in agriculture with a mean score of 57.47 compared to DTM mean score of 48.4. There were statistically significant difference in post-intervention scores between the interventions, F (1, 278) = 1170.43, p < .001, partial η2= .800 leading to rejection of null hypothesis. Therefore, PBL teaching method was found to be more effective in teaching agriculture as compared to Demonstration teaching method. Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study recommended that teachers of agriculture should embrace and use PBL as a method of instruction in agriculture subject. Likewise, Tertiary institutions and Universities in Kenya should implement the use of PBL method in their training programmes in training students.

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