Ziba Ghodrati; s gh
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Background and purpose:This study conducted to determine the effectiveness of life skills training through play on behavioral problems in children 7-9 years old girl students in Tehran. Method:The research method was semi-experimental design with pretest-posttest and control group and the population ...
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Background and purpose:This study conducted to determine the effectiveness of life skills training through play on behavioral problems in children 7-9 years old girl students in Tehran. Method:The research method was semi-experimental design with pretest-posttest and control group and the population was including all 9-7-year-old girls in west of Tehran who were studing in the academic year of 1395-1396. A total of 24 people were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling and divided in 2 groups (12 girls in control & 12 girls in experiment group). The experiment group received life skills training for 10 sessions. The Quai and Peterson's Behavior Problems Checklist (1987) ) was used before and after intervention for gathering the data. The collected data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance. Results:results showed a significant difference between behavioral problems in the experimental and control groups in the post-test (p=0.001). Conclusion: According to the results it can be deduced that life skills training through play can serve as an effective instructive approach to reduce behavioral problems in 7-9 years old girls.
mahmud najafi; imanolah bigdeli
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The main purpose of this research was to predict the mental health of school students based on life skills. For this purpose, 800 students in the city of Semnan were selected by stratified random sampling method. Then, Life Skills and Mental Health (including 28 items) questionnaires were administered ...
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The main purpose of this research was to predict the mental health of school students based on life skills. For this purpose, 800 students in the city of Semnan were selected by stratified random sampling method. Then, Life Skills and Mental Health (including 28 items) questionnaires were administered on them. The results indicated that there is a significant negative relationship between the awareness of life skills and mental health. Also the results of stepwise regression analysis showed that in the first step the variable of emotions control entered into the regression equation and explained 26 percent of mental health variance. Thereupon, coping with stress, self-awareness, decision and empathy skills, respectively proved a significant role in the prediction of mental health. Generally, these variables predicted 37 percent of mental health changes. Results indicate the important role of life skills in preventing disorders and offer practical implications for the authorities in charge and policy makers in education