577 The Effect of Life Skills Training on Reducing Individual Risk Factors of Drug Abuse

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. S61 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Khademi Ashkzari ◽  
E. Khademi Ashkezari
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Individual Risk ◽  
Life Skills Training ◽  
Individual Risk Factors

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.

Universal Approaches to Youth Suicide Prevention

2017 ◽  
pp. 497-506
Author(s):  
Maggie G. Mortali
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Prevention Programs ◽  
Individual Risk ◽  
Whole School ◽  
School Based ◽  
Individual Risk Factors ◽  
Suicide Prevention Programs

This chapter focuses on suicide prevention programs that have taken a universal approach, targeting whole populations of adolescents regardless of individual risk factors. The aim of universal suicide prevention programs is to reduce risk factors or enhance protective factors across the entire population. One particularly widespread approach targets youth where they are most accessible—in the schools. Four types of universal prevention programs are especially common and continue to be the most widely used approach in schools: school-based screening programs, adult and peer gatekeeper training programs, skills training programs, and comprehensive or “whole school” programs. This chapter describes and critiques each type, gives examples, and discusses the assumptions under which these programs operate.

scholarly journals The Effect of Life Skills Training on Social Communication of Clients Referring to Drug Abuse Clinics

2017 ◽  
Vol In Press (In Press) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iran Jahanbin ◽  
Mohammad-Rafi Bazrafshan ◽  
kazem Akbari ◽  
Mahmood Rahmati ◽  
Soraya Ghadakpour
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Life Skills Training

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.

A Model for Analyzing Suicide Prevention

Crisis ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maila Upanne
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Practical Work ◽  
Individual Risk ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Prevention Project ◽  
Individual Risk Factors

This study monitored the evolution of psychologists' (n = 31) conceptions of suicide prevention over the 9-year course of the National Suicide Prevention Project in Finland and assessed the feasibility of the theoretical model for analyzing suicide prevention developed in earlier studies [ Upanne, 1999a , b ]. The study was formulated as a retrospective self-assessment where participants compared their earlier descriptions of suicide prevention with their current views. The changes in conceptions were analyzed and interpreted using both the model and the explanations given by the subjects themselves. The analysis proved the model to be a useful framework for revealing the essential features of prevention. The results showed that the freely-formulated ideas on prevention were more comprehensive than those evolved in practical work. Compared to the earlier findings, the conceptions among the group had shifted toward emphasizing a curative approach and the significance of individual risk factors. In particular, greater priority was focused on the acute suicide risk phase as a preventive target. Nonetheless, the overall structure of prevention ideology remained comprehensive and multifactorial, stressing multistage influencing. Promotive aims (protective factors) also remained part of the prevention paradigm. Practical working experiences enhanced the psychologists' sense of the difficulties of suicide prevention as well as their criticism and feeling of powerlessness.

Life Skills Training

1988 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-163
Author(s):  
Richard I. Evans
Keyword(s):  
Life Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Life Skills Training
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