Psychological health and adolescent bullying: The mediating effects of social skills and weight

In the present research Effectiveness of "Psychosocial Strengthening Program" On Risk and Protective Factors of drug use and increasing of psychological health among high risk Adolescents has been investigated. The considering sample in the research was 30 students of first grade of Sanandaj's guidance school who has been selected by multi-stages cluster sampling method and were replaced in two groups of experiment (n=15) and control (n=15). The experiment group students attended in Psychosocial Strengthening Program training sessions but the control group students didn’t so. Two groups were compared through using Risk and Protective Factors of drug use questionnaire and psychological healthy questionnaire based on covariance analyze statistic test.The present research findings show that there is a meaning full difference between the student's attitude high risk related to drug us, social skills, self-controlling skills and psychological health before and after Psychosocial Strengthening Program training. The statistical analyzes show that Psychosocial Strengthening Program training has been effective on the positive attitude toward drug use. Low social skills and low self-controlling skills as the drug us risky factors and psychological health. Therefore it seems this program as a protective factor causes drug us decreasing and psychological health increasing among high risk Adolescents in coming years.

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Stressful Life Events and Physical and Psychological Health: Mediating Effects of Differentiation of Self in a Spanish Sample

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy ◽

10.1111/jmft.12358 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 45 (4) ◽

pp. 578-591 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Martiño Rodríguez‐González ◽

Maria Schweer‐Collins ◽

Elizabeth A. Skowron ◽

Rafael Jódar ◽

Virginia Cagigal ◽

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Keyword(s):

Life Events ◽

Psychological Health ◽

Stressful Life Events ◽

Differentiation Of Self ◽

Stressful Life ◽

Mediating Effects ◽

Physical And Psychological Health

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Understanding success and psychological well-being of gifted kids and adolescents: Focusing on strengths of the heart

Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas) ◽

10.1590/1982-02752018000300004 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 35 (3) ◽

pp. 259-263

Author(s):

Steven I. PFEIFFER

Keyword(s):

Social Skills ◽

Psychological Health ◽

Character Strengths ◽

Well Being ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

Gifted Child ◽

Life Outcomes ◽

Social And Emotional ◽

The Social ◽

Psychological Concepts

Abstract This article describes the work that the author has been focusing on over the last 15 years: understanding the social and emotional world of the gifted child and adolescent. The article describes the history behind how the author came to develop his thinking on the now popular concept, “strengths of the heart”. Strengths of the heart include a triad of psychological concepts: social skills, emotional intelligence, and character strengths and virtues. Together, this triad of psychological concepts, strengths of the heart, predict to important life outcomes, including success, psychological health, happiness, and subjective well-being.

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