The effect of social skill education program on adolescents in Baghdad, Iraq: a preliminary report
Background: In Iraq, adolescents confront challenges, external and internal factors and their life circumstances are exacerbated by threats to their physical and mental health. Objective: To throw a light on training for life skills which in turn leads to promotion of adolescents physical and men...
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| author | Aysin Kamal Eman A. Al-Kaseer Suhair Aljubori Jawad K. Al-Diwan |
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| description | Background: In Iraq, adolescents confront challenges, external and internal factors and their life circumstances are exacerbated by threats to their physical and mental health.
Objective: To throw a light on training for life skills which in turn leads to promotion of adolescents physical and mental health.
Methods: A total of 120 adolescents participated in the study (50 of them were trained for life skills and the others act as control group) for the period April 2010 to Sept. 2011. Their age was 19 ± 2.4 years with male to female ratio of 1.4:1. The program consisted of several subjects concern with physical and mental health. Positive outcomes were determined. Scores of training variables presented in mean ± SD. Student's t test was used to examine the difference in variables between trained and untrained adolescents.
Results: Scores of positive outcomes (good personal hygiene, getting enough sleep, healthy weight, got exercise, social competence (adolescent shows respect, tries to resolve conflicts and concern about self-esteem), condemnation of abuse, harassment, bullying and rape, aware about sexual transmitted diseases (STDs) including acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), intimate relationship, awareness to teen pregnancy or abortion and family planning, concern with family life (arranged marriages) and study skills (motivation, goal setting, time management, positive study attitude and empowering concentration) were significantly higher in trained than in untrained adolescents (p= 0.023, 0.025, 0.001, 0.04, 0.025, 0.001 and 0.001, respectively).
Conclusion: Life skills could be applied for promotion in mental health as well as physical health. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0f1b959f393a43218947eaaa9a4ce34b2024-02-03T04:40:22ZengCollege of Medicine University of Baghdadمجلة كلية الطب0041-94192410-80572013-07-0155310.32007/jfacmedbagdad.v3230-232%The effect of social skill education program on adolescents in Baghdad, Iraq: a preliminary reportAysin Kamal0Eman A. Al-Kaseer1Suhair Aljubori2Jawad K. Al-Diwan3Dept. of Pediatrics, College of Nursing, Baghdad UniversityDept. of Community Medicine, College of medicine, Baghdad UniversityDept. of Community Medicine, College of medicine, Baghdad UniversityDept. of Community Medicine, College of medicine, Baghdad UniversityBackground: In Iraq, adolescents confront challenges, external and internal factors and their life circumstances are exacerbated by threats to their physical and mental health. Objective: To throw a light on training for life skills which in turn leads to promotion of adolescents physical and mental health. Methods: A total of 120 adolescents participated in the study (50 of them were trained for life skills and the others act as control group) for the period April 2010 to Sept. 2011. Their age was 19 ± 2.4 years with male to female ratio of 1.4:1. The program consisted of several subjects concern with physical and mental health. Positive outcomes were determined. Scores of training variables presented in mean ± SD. Student's t test was used to examine the difference in variables between trained and untrained adolescents. Results: Scores of positive outcomes (good personal hygiene, getting enough sleep, healthy weight, got exercise, social competence (adolescent shows respect, tries to resolve conflicts and concern about self-esteem), condemnation of abuse, harassment, bullying and rape, aware about sexual transmitted diseases (STDs) including acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), intimate relationship, awareness to teen pregnancy or abortion and family planning, concern with family life (arranged marriages) and study skills (motivation, goal setting, time management, positive study attitude and empowering concentration) were significantly higher in trained than in untrained adolescents (p= 0.023, 0.025, 0.001, 0.04, 0.025, 0.001 and 0.001, respectively). Conclusion: Life skills could be applied for promotion in mental health as well as physical health.http://iqjmc.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/19JFacMedBaghdad36/article/view/621life skills, Iraq, adolescent, physical and mental health |
| spellingShingle | Aysin Kamal Eman A. Al-Kaseer Suhair Aljubori Jawad K. Al-Diwan The effect of social skill education program on adolescents in Baghdad, Iraq: a preliminary report مجلة كلية الطب life skills, Iraq, adolescent, physical and mental health |
| title | The effect of social skill education program on adolescents in Baghdad, Iraq: a preliminary report |
| title_full | The effect of social skill education program on adolescents in Baghdad, Iraq: a preliminary report |
| title_fullStr | The effect of social skill education program on adolescents in Baghdad, Iraq: a preliminary report |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effect of social skill education program on adolescents in Baghdad, Iraq: a preliminary report |
| title_short | The effect of social skill education program on adolescents in Baghdad, Iraq: a preliminary report |
| title_sort | effect of social skill education program on adolescents in baghdad iraq a preliminary report |
| topic | life skills, Iraq, adolescent, physical and mental health |
| url | http://iqjmc.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/19JFacMedBaghdad36/article/view/621 |
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