the aim of the present study was to examine the effectiveness of group training of life skills on adolescents’.self-regulatory behavior. the study used pretest-posttest control group design. the population was composed of male first grade junior  high school students in the city of boroujen selected by random sampling. the sample group were 24 students, who were randomly put in two experimental...

purpose: the purpose of present research was to determine the effectiveness of life skills training on personality clinical symptom of sexual abuse victims method: this research is a semi-experimental study which was performed by pre-test, post-test, follow-up design with control group. participants were selected through the screening method which comprised 30 female clients over 18 years, low ...

conclusions the results showed that life skills training is an effective method in reducing symptoms of depression, anxiety, sleep and somatic disorders. also, it would be useful in reducing problems of social dysfunction. results in life skills training group, depressive and anxiety symptoms, somatization disorders, sleep disorders and disorders of social functioning were significantly decreas...

background: patients with breast cancer are predisposed to some psychiatric symptoms and mental disorders due to their life styles or disease conditions. these problems cause patients to deal with daily stress, feeling guilty, anxiety, dysphoric mood and impaired social relations. such problems will lead to serious mental disorders. therefore, life skills training may help the patients to cope ...

background: with regard to the importance of life skills, the present study deals with the effect of life skills training on general health of the students . materials and methods: this was a one-group, pre-test, post-test, quasi-experimental research. forty students were selected through purposive sampling method. the data collection tool was goldberg general health questionnaire. results: pai...

This article describes the communication skills programme of the International Medical University, which adopts an integrated medical curriculum. The programme, implemented in February 2005, is based on a systematic framework aimed at teaching students basic interpersonal communication skills progressively and continuously throughout the pre-clinical phase.

conclusions the present study showed that life skills training program did not affect self-efficacy of nursing students. perhaps, the methods used in education were influencing and then, more effective techniques such as role-play and group discussion should be substituted in life skills training. results in the untrained and trained groups, 23% and 8% of the students had very high self-efficac...