The Effectiveness of Life Skills Training on Enhancing the Self-Esteem of Hearing Impaired Students in Inclusive Schools

Objective: Many deaf adolescents tend to show more aggression, due to their less social and emotional skills. This also affects their self-evaluation and self-esteem. Life skills are related to the personal, intellectual, emotional, and physical development of an individual. The present study was done to examine the effectiveness of a life skills training program on improvement of the self-esteem and aggression control of deaf adolescents girls. Methods: This quasi-experimental study with a pre-test and post-test design using a control group Was done on 34 female deaf adolescents who were studying in first, second, and third grade of high school in Nezam Mafi High School, Tehran, Iran. Participants were selected using a purposive convenience sampling method and were randomly divided into two groups (experimental and control groups). The Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory (SEI) and the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (AQ) were used to collect data. The life skills training program was delivered to the experimental group in eight 60-min sessions. Results: The results showed that the eight sessions of life skills training program significantly increased self-esteem (P<0.001) and decreased aggression of the experimental group of deaf adolescents girls (P<0.001) while there was no change in the control group. Conclusion: According to the results, it can be concluded that life skills training should be considered as a method for improving the mental status of deaf adolescent girls. Since there may be less social experiences in deaf adolescents, a training program may help them to achieve more self-esteem skills and be more successful in social communications.

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The Effectiveness of Life Skills Training on Assertiveness, Self-Esteem and Aggressive Behavior among Patients with Substance Use Disorders

International Egyptian Journal of Nursing Sciences and Research ◽

10.21608/ejnsr.2022.212482 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 413-431

Author(s):

Sabah M. Ebrahem ◽

Hanaa A. Radwan ◽

Sabah El Amrosy

Keyword(s):

Substance Use ◽

Aggressive Behavior ◽

Substance Use Disorders ◽

Life Skills ◽

Skills Training ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Life Skills Training

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Effect of life skills training on fear of negative evaluation and self-image among school adolescents

Indian Journal of Positive Psychology ◽

10.15614/ijpp.v9i01.11771 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (01) ◽

Author(s):

Sreehari R. ◽

Juble Varghese ◽

Joseph Thomas R.

Keyword(s):

Psychosocial Development ◽

Life Skills ◽

Skill Training ◽

Skills Training ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Negative Evaluation ◽

Fear Of Negative Evaluation ◽

Life Skills Training ◽

Self Image ◽

Quasi Experimental

Fear of Negative Evaluation and issues with self-image could be two potential threats to school adolescents. A great deal of research has described associations between fears of negative evaluation self-image among adolescents which will, in turn, affect the psychosocial development of adolescents. From the extensive review of the literature, it can be concluded that life skills training is an effective tool to deal with a range of adolescent's issues. The main objective of this study is to assess the effect of life skill training on fear of negative evaluation and self-image among school adolescents. The current study is a quasi-experimental study conducted among 47 school adolescents who score low in self-esteem scale. The study indicates that life skills training were very effective in dealing with the fear of negative evaluation and self-image.

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Effectiveness of life skills training on increasing self-esteem of high school students

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences ◽

10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.10.203 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 30 ◽

pp. 1043-1047 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Esmaeilinasab Maryam ◽

Malek Mohamadi Davoud ◽

Ghiasvand Zahra ◽

Bahrami somayeh

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Life Skills ◽

Skills Training ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Life Skills Training ◽

School Students

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The effect of life skills training with health literacy strategies on self-esteem and self-efficacy in female students during puberty

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health ◽

10.1515/ijamh-2019-0121 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 0 (0) ◽

Author(s):

Sara Jafarigiv ◽

Nooshin Peyman

Keyword(s):

Health Literacy ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Life Skills ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Skills Training ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Female Students ◽

Life Skills Training ◽

Literacy Strategies ◽

Significant Difference

Abstract Background Puberty is a sensitive period of life for developing specific skills and knowledge and acquiring abilities and attributes that are essential for managing emotions and assuming adult roles. Thus, this has implications for health educational programs to responses to the experimentation and exploration that takes place during puberty. Objectives This study aimed to examine the effect of life skills training using health literacy strategies on self-esteem and self-efficacy in adolescent female students. Methods This was a semi-experimental study with intervention-control groups performed on 96 female students (7th grade of high school) in Mashhad, Iran from January 2017 to Jun 2017. The sampling method was a multi-stage random sampling. The samples were divided into two groups: an intervention group and a control group (each one having 50 subjects) through the simple randomized approach. Data collection tools used were the Coopersmith Self-esteem Questionnaire and Sherer’s Self-efficacy Questionnaire. Life skills training for the intervention group consisted of five sessions of theoretical training and workshops with role play and were designed based on health literacy strategies. The pretest, posttest and follow-up (3 months after the intervention) was conducted for both groups. Data analysis was performed using SPSS 19 software (t-test, Mann-Whitney, chi-square (χ2) and repeated data analysis). Results Before the intervention, there was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of self-esteem score (p = 0.70) and self-efficacy (p = 0.10), but immediately after training, as well as 3 months later, a significant difference was found between the two groups (p < 0.001). Conclusion Based on the findings, life skills educational interventions based on health literacy strategies could promote the self-esteem and self-efficacy abilities among female students during puberty.

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