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A Life Skills Intervention for Enhancing Psychological Well-Being of Secondary School Students


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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Punjabi University, Patiala, India
2 Assistant Professor, Institute of Teacher Training & Research, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India
     

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The study investigates the efficacy of a school-based life skills intervention on the psychological well-being of secondary school students. The study follows a quasiexperimental research design on a cluster sample of 80 school students studying in 9th grade. The investigator prepared the life skills training module by including three activities on all ten life skills identified by World Health Organization (WHO). The life skills training programme was executed in 40 sessions within the school premises in the form of life skills training sessions conducted daily for 40 minutes within the classroom setting. The results of the present study reveal a positive and significant effect of life skills training on the psychological well-being of secondary school students. The study also presents the implications of the results in the context of adolescent development.

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Adolescents, Intervention, Life Skills, QuasiExperimental Research, Well Being
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Authors

Jagpreet Kaur
Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Punjabi University, Patiala, India
Manpreet Kaur
Assistant Professor, Institute of Teacher Training & Research, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India

Abstract


The study investigates the efficacy of a school-based life skills intervention on the psychological well-being of secondary school students. The study follows a quasiexperimental research design on a cluster sample of 80 school students studying in 9th grade. The investigator prepared the life skills training module by including three activities on all ten life skills identified by World Health Organization (WHO). The life skills training programme was executed in 40 sessions within the school premises in the form of life skills training sessions conducted daily for 40 minutes within the classroom setting. The results of the present study reveal a positive and significant effect of life skills training on the psychological well-being of secondary school students. The study also presents the implications of the results in the context of adolescent development.

Keywords


Adolescents, Intervention, Life Skills, QuasiExperimental Research, Well Being

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