Arthur Teicher Group Psychologist of the Year Address: Life-Skills Training Model: A Comprehensive Group Intervention

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Gazda
Keyword(s):  
Group Intervention ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Training Model ◽  
Life Skills Training

scholarly journals Re- Enforcing Factors Related to Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages amongst High School Students in the North Central Province, Liberia

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-19
Author(s):  
Joseph Nyan Gono ◽  
Dora O. Akinboye
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Training Model ◽  
Reliability Coefficient ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Life Skills Training ◽  
School Students

This study endeavored to establish trends in the re-enforcing factor related to the consumption of alcoholic beverages among high school students in Liberia, using an experimental research design. A sample of 440 students from two selected schools was determined using Cochran’s formula. A sixteen item questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.70 was administered to the 440 students to identify those who drink alcohol. Applying G Power formula, 84 students were randomly selected out of the 170 students who drink alcohol as participants. Another validated questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.76 was used to collect data from the field. Descriptive statistics and t-test were used to analyze the data. The study concludes that the use of the Alcohol and Life Skills Training Model, which was employed to the experimental group is an effective educational tool to prepare students to make responsible decision about abstaining from drinking alcoholic beverages than the HIV/ AIDS Model which was employed to the control group. It is therefore recommended that the Government of Liberia should adopt the Alcohol and Life Skills Training Model into the National High School Curriculum in order to prevent and control the consumption of alcohol by students in high schools. Secondly, researchers and the Ministry of Education in conjunction with other Ministries such as Health and Youth should conduct further research on a wider scale on alcohol consumption among the youth, including the in-school and the out of school adolescents in Liberia.

Life Skills Training

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

Successful Transition to Life After Incarceration: A Pilot Program

2021 ◽  
Vol 75 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 7512510222p1-7512510222p1
Author(s):  
Ariana Gonzalez
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Community Supervision ◽  
Pilot Program ◽  
Life Skills Training ◽  
Successful Transition ◽  
Department Of Corrections ◽  
Skill Building ◽  
Primary Author

Abstract Date Presented 04/7/21 A pilot for integrating OT into a Department of Corrections Community Supervision Center was implemented. This pilot sought to use OT assessment and intervention for justice-involved individuals to address skill building, increase problem solving, and further explore the needs and barriers to re-entry, including maintenance of supervision to prevent recidivism. This pilot highlighted a gap in life skills training for this population and this program's impact. Primary Author and Speaker: Ariana Gonzalez Additional Authors and Speakers: Megan Davis, Emily Gralinski, Stephanie Monforte,and Jacqueline Strausser

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 Adding Focused Life Skills Training to a Civic Engagement Program to Boost Life Skills Competencies in Youth

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Brandt ◽  
Jan Klein
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Civic Education ◽  
External Validity ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
Life Skills Training ◽  
Training Content ◽  
Internal And External Validity

This paper highlights the impacts of a revised curriculum which incorporated a strong life skills focus into an existing civic education curriculum (for 4-H youth). The revised curriculum resulted in actual youth gains in life skills competencies. The study also explored the effect of volunteer facilitators in the implementation of an added life skills training component. Despite some significant limitations to the internal and external validity of the study, preliminary indications were that adding explicit life skills training content does in fact lead to an increase in life skills competencies. This was clearer in cases where volunteer facilitators fully implemented the additional content versus implementing none or only part of the life skills training. The limitations of the study and suggestions for future research are outlined in the conclusion.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of life Skills Training on Marital Satisfaction in Divorce Applicant Couples

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (99) ◽  
pp. 22-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Azizi ◽  
R Esmaeli ◽  
SM Dehghan Manshadi ◽  
S Esmaeli ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Life Skills Training
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