scholarly journals Impact of peer support training program on social and life skills for university students

2020 ◽  
Vol 84 (0) ◽  
pp. PP-006-PP-006
Author(s):  
Ryo Horita ◽  
Ryotaro Koguchi ◽  
Hiyoshi Yamada
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Life Skills

Psicologia & saúde treino de habilidades de vida e saúde mental em universitários

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leide Silva do Carmo ◽  
Nelson Iguimar Valerio
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
University Students ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Risky Behaviors ◽  
Group Life ◽  
Academic Adaptation ◽  
Anxiety Depression

Several factors can cause damage to the mental health of university students, e.g. academic adaptation, housing change, distance from family and friends, and dealing with stressors regarding new requirements, which need some resources to cope with such situations. The content of this book, from the Master's Dissertation developed by the authors at the Stricto-Sensu Psychology and Health Post-Graduation Program at the Medical School of São José do Rio Preto - FAMERP, aims at describing the presence of mental disorders and demonstrating the implementation of a life-skills training in university students (Medicine and Nursing), randomly chosen in a teaching institution in a medium-sized city, interior of São Paulo state. The participants expressed high symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress in the initial evaluation, however, after the training of group life skills, they showed significant improvements with maintenance of these rates during the follow-up. This training can be stood out to improve the mental health and life skills of the students. It is likely that the intervention group may have helped these students to cope with negative pressures, avoiding risky behaviors, communicating effectively; moreover, coping with adaptations and changes in such academic process. It is worthwhile to point out that this study may encourage further research in relation to mental health and life-skills in university students, and that it will encourage the insertion of programs with these skills training, due to their effectiveness, low cost, the participants´ acceptance, improvement in mental health, and provide increasing academic performance.

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 Life Skills Link to Mind Wandering Among University Students: An Exploratory Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takayoshi Kase ◽  
Toshikazu Kawagoe
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
University Students ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Mind Wandering ◽  
Control Functions ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys ◽  
Dispositional Factors ◽  
Emotion Skills ◽  
And Coping

The occurrence of mind wandering (MW) leads to lower performance on memory tasks related to lecture contents in educational settings, which has been recognized as problematic. To date, several dispositional factors have been reported as being associated with MW. This study investigated whether another psychological component—life skills—is linked to MW. Specifically, it clarified the relationship between life skills and two types of MW: state MW (occurs while performing a given task) and trait MW (occurs subjectively in daily life), using a sample of university students. From the perspective of cognitive and emotional control functions, life skills are thought to be related to the occurrence of MW. In addition to common questionnaire surveys, by recording and analyzing the participants' self-reports for MW occurrence during the experimental task, we clarified not only the quantitative associations among the variables but also the qualitative differences. Multiple regression analysis for the data from 53 students showed that decision-making and coping-with-emotion skills are negatively related to the occurrence of mind wandering. The qualitative data additionally revealed that participants with high decision-making skills are more likely than those with low decision-making skills to attempt to maintain their concentration on the task by thinking about task execution. These results suggest that life skills are associated with MW and that the ability to inhibit MW may be enhanced by improving life skills because they comprise acquired, learnable behaviors and attitudes. Life skills training may help in reducing students' MW in educational contexts.

Model of Success and Sustainability of Financial Life Skills (FLS) Training Program

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Regina Deti H Mulyono ◽  
Aida Vitayala S Hubeis ◽  
Illah Sailah ◽  
Lukman M Baga
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Life Skill ◽  
Interview Method ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Systems Thinking Approach

The financial Life Skill (FLS) Training Program is a development program for youth to be ready to work and skilled in managing finances. This program is considered very beneficial. However, there is no information for the stakeholders about how FLS Training can succeed and be sustained. This research used the in-depth interview method to the stakeholders and the survey method to obtain the most essentials roles this research used the systems thinking approach and the system dynamics approach to analyze problems to attain a conceptual framework. The interactions between variables are visualized by a causal loop. The result of this research shows that 16 variables are influential to the success and the sustainability of the FLS Training. The result is useful for various stakeholders in making decisions for the sake of success and sustainability of the FLS Training after the period of the project ends.

scholarly journals LO42: Ice Cream Rounds: the adaptation and implementation of a peer-support wellness rounds in an emergency medicine residency training program

CJEM ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (S1) ◽  
pp. S42
Author(s):  
S.M. Calder-Sprackman ◽  
T. Kumar ◽  
K. Sampsel ◽  
C. Gerin-Lajoie
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Medicine ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Ice Cream ◽  
Residency Training Program ◽  
Wellness Program ◽  
Difficult Patient ◽  
Protected Time ◽  
Poor Patient

Introduction/Innovation Concept: Emergency Medicine (EM) is a specialty that requires physicians to deal with acutely ill patients in a fast-paced environment, which can create stress, mental exhaustion and burnout. Continually changing working teams in the Emergency Department does not always allow appropriate debriefing for difficult patient encounters and outcomes on shift. To address these challenges, we sought to adapt and implement a peer-support rounds called ‘Ice Cream Rounds’ used in some Pediatric training programs for an EM training program. Methods: CCFP and Royal College EM residents were surveyed to determine interest and need for Ice Cream Rounds. Of the 31/50 respondents, 87% (26/31) identified their co-residents as their main source of support after difficult patient encounters and 71% (22/31) felt that current opportunities to debrief after difficult experiences were only “sometimes” or “rarely” adequate. Overall, 84% (26/31) were interested in attending Ice Cream Rounds. Residents expressed that they did not want staff present for Ice Cream Rounds so two residents (SCS and TK) obtained training to lead peer-support sessions from The Faculty of Medicine Wellness Program. Attendance at rounds was voluntary and the EM program provided funding for refreshments. Two Ice Cream Rounds were piloted. Attendance and feedback was recorded from pilot sessions. Curriculum, Tool, or Material: Resident-only, peer-run confidential debriefing sessions. Sessions were voluntary and lasted one hour. Approximately 20-30/50 residents attended each Ice Cream Rounds. Discussions were confidential but include topics such as difficult patient encounters, poor patient outcomes, challenges in residency, and ethical issues. In response to positive attendance and feedback, the EM program provided 3-4 one-hour protected time slots with a stipend for refreshments for future academic years. Comments from residents consistently reaffirmed that Ice Cream Rounds was a helpful forum to discuss important issues with colleagues and provided a safe and confidential resource to help cope with residency challenges. Conclusion: We adapted, implemented, and evaluated a novel Peer-Support Wellness Rounds for debriefing resident issues and difficult patient encounters in a EM training program. To our knowledge this is the first Canadian initiative to implement such rounds in an EM training program. We believe that this template can be easily adopted by any EM training program and will effectively address wellness challenges faced by residents during their training.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document