Development of a Trans-disciplinary Intervention Module for Adolescent Girls on Self-awareness
Introduction: Mental health promotion among adolescents has been a key area of intervention for professionals working with children and adolescents. The opinions of experts in the field of mental health have taken to frame a trans-disciplinary intervention for adolescent girls on self awareness....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
2017-08-01
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| Series: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research |
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| Online Access: | https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/10462/25765_CE[Ra]_F(Sh)_PF1(NE_VT_SS)_PFA(NE_SS).pdf |
| Summary: | Introduction: Mental health promotion among adolescents
has been a key area of intervention for professionals working
with children and adolescents. The opinions of experts in the
field of mental health have taken to frame a trans-disciplinary
intervention for adolescent girls on self awareness.
Aim: To discuss the development and validation of a structured
intervention by combining the knowledge from different
disciplines in helping adolescents enhancing self awareness.
Materials and Methods: Both qualitative and quantitative
methodologies were followed for the development and validation
of the module. First phase of the development of intervention
module was the framing of intervention module after conducting
in-depth interviews with experts in both mental health and yoga
fields. Six experts each from mental health and yoga field were
chosen for interview through convenient sampling. Validated
interview guides were used for the process. The framed
intervention module was given to six mental health experts
and six yoga experts for content validation. The experts rated
the usefulness of the intervention on a scale 0-4 (4=extremely
helpful).
Results: The themes derived in the interviews were importance
of self awareness, autonomy of self, physical level of self
understanding, self regulation of emotions and self monitoring.
The interviews were consolidated to frame the intervention
module consisting of eight sessions having two parts in each
session. Part one of each session is activities and interactions
on mental health and part two is guided instructions for body
focused meditation. Sessions were finalized with rating and
suggestions from the experts. The final version of the module
was pilot tested and had found to have enhanced self awareness
among adolescent girls.
Conclusion: Integration of multiple disciplines brought in novel
perspectives in intervention. |
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| ISSN: | 2249-782X 0973-709X |