scholarly journals Life skills program for improving adolescent mental health in the af-termath Mount Merapi eruption, Yogyakarta-Indonesia

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Fransiska Kaligis
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Disaster ◽  
Life Skills Program

The ability of adolescents to cope with stressful life events has not been well developed. Facing stressful situ-ations might trigger them to engage in many dangerous and self-destructive behaviors. Life skills program in improving mental health of adolescents has been proven in many countries, as it has in Indonesia. In post-disaster situation, there is rarely any community program which focuses on adolescent mental health. Life skills program is a psychological intervention to teach adolescents to improve their skill to cope with stress, develop self-esteem, deal with peer pressure, think critically, communicate appropriately and act assertively. Teachers and local health professionals who have already been trained about life skills program apply this program in adolescents experiencing a stressful event, a natural disaster from the eruption of Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta-Indonesia. This study attempts to apply and evaluate the effectiveness of the program for adolescents who had survived a natural disaster in Yogyakarta-Indonesia. Three-weeks life skills training was conducted in 2012 on 40 junior and senior high school students, post Mount Merapi eruption in Yogyakarta and Magelang. Subjects were assessed for their self-image using Rosenberg self-image questionnaire, and their emotional-behavioral problems and mental strength using Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), before and after the train-ing. SPSS was used for the statistical analysis. The average age of the subjects was 14.48 + 1.21 years old. There were significant differences on the self-esteem and mental strength aspects of the subjects before and after intervention. Score on low self-esteem was improved (p=0.005), negative self perception also became better (p<0.001), and prosocial behavior was increased (p=0.001). There were also decreasing difficulties and emo-tional-behavioral problem score after intervention, and other aspects of self-esteem such as instability and self-consciousness. Life skills training has several positive effects in improving mental strength and self-image and decreasing emotional and behavioral problems of adolescents post-disaster.

scholarly journals Life skills program for improving adolescent mental health in the af-termath Mount Merapi eruption, Yogyakarta-Indonesia

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Fransiska Kaligis
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Disaster ◽  
Life Skills Program

The ability of adolescents to cope with stressful life events has not been well developed. Facing stressful situ-ations might trigger them to engage in many dangerous and self-destructive behaviors. Life skills program in improving mental health of adolescents has been proven in many countries, as it has in Indonesia. In post-disaster situation, there is rarely any community program which focuses on adolescent mental health. Life skills program is a psychological intervention to teach adolescents to improve their skill to cope with stress, develop self-esteem, deal with peer pressure, think critically, communicate appropriately and act assertively. Teachers and local health professionals who have already been trained about life skills program apply this program in adolescents experiencing a stressful event, a natural disaster from the eruption of Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta-Indonesia. This study attempts to apply and evaluate the effectiveness of the program for adolescents who had survived a natural disaster in Yogyakarta-Indonesia. Three-weeks life skills training was conducted in 2012 on 40 junior and senior high school students, post Mount Merapi eruption in Yogyakarta and Magelang. Subjects were assessed for their self-image using Rosenberg self-image questionnaire, and their emotional-behavioral problems and mental strength using Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), before and after the train-ing. SPSS was used for the statistical analysis. The average age of the subjects was 14.48 + 1.21 years old. There were significant differences on the self-esteem and mental strength aspects of the subjects before and after intervention. Score on low self-esteem was improved (p=0.005), negative self perception also became better (p<0.001), and prosocial behavior was increased (p=0.001). There were also decreasing difficulties and emo-tional-behavioral problem score after intervention, and other aspects of self-esteem such as instability and self-consciousness. Life skills training has several positive effects in improving mental strength and self-image and decreasing emotional and behavioral problems of adolescents post-disaster.

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

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.

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 Life Skills Training Effectiveness on Non-Metastatic Breast Cancer Mental Health: A Clinical Trial

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mina Shabani ◽  
Minoosh Moghimi ◽  
Reza Eghdam Zamiri ◽  
Fatemeh Nazari ◽  
Nouraddin Mousavinasab ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Clinical Trial ◽  
Metastatic Breast Cancer ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Metastatic Breast ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Training Effectiveness ◽  
Life Skills Training

Occupational Therapy Life Skills Program in a Co-operative Home Study

1978 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara S. MacKinnon
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Community Psychiatry ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Home Study ◽  
Effective Form ◽  
Occupational Life ◽  
Living Group ◽  
Life Skills Program

The purpose of the study reported here, was to determine that the Occupational Therapy Life Program, instituted in a community home for five psychiatric patients during a three month period, was an effective mode of treatment, and as a result, whether Occupational Therapy has a role in community psychiatry. The study was instituted in a co-operative home established by the Kingston Psychiatric Hospital on September 15, 1976. The study was based on the life skills performance of five psychiatric patients, discharged from the hospital directly to the co-operative home. The Occupational Life Skills Training Program was evaluated during four test periods using three assessments: activities of daily living, group functions and leadership acts. The results of the analysis of the data showed an increase in all life skills throughout the treatment period. The study revealed that the Occupational Therapy Life Skills Program discussed is an effective form of treatment for the community co-operative home members. Therefore, the assumption could be made that Occupational Therapy has a role in community psychiatry.

scholarly journals India: Enhancing girls' life skills requires long-term commitment

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Life Skills ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Life Choices ◽  
Social Contacts ◽  
Survey Responses ◽  
Pilot Intervention ◽  
Reproductive Health Knowledge

While adolescents in India face a rapidly changing economic environment, the choices available to unmarried girls are very different from those available to boys. Girls are much less likely than boys to remain unmarried into their twenties, complete middle school, or generate income. Due to social norms, they have limited control over their life choices, and are less likely than boys to be allowed mobility within or beyond their immediate community. In 2001, the Population Council teamed with CARE India to test a pilot intervention to enhance skills and expand life choices for adolescent girls living in the slums of Allahabad. The 10-month intervention tested the effect of the skills intervention on the girls’ reproductive health knowledge, social contacts and mobility, self-esteem, and perception of gender roles. The impacts were assessed using survey responses from girls who were interviewed in both baseline and endline surveys. As noted in this brief, girls and their parents found the life skills training acceptable, but the intervention had little overall impact.

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