فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

BACKGROUND: Adolescence is a vital stage of growth and development; however, many adolescentsdo die prematurely due to accidents, suicide, violence, poor mental stability, depression, and otherillnesses that are either preventable or treatable. Life skills are important for the promotion of well‑beingof adolescents and to develop positive attitude and values to lead a healthy life.OBJECTIVES: The study was conducted to assess the change in life skills postintervention andstudy the association between different variables and the postintervention life skills score.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A quasi‑experimental study was conducted among 137 adolescentseach in urban and rural schools. Life skills training module based on ten domains of life skills givenby the World Health Organization was implemented using interactive teaching–learning methods.After 6 months of implementation of life skills training sessions, a postintervention assessment wasdone using the life skills assessment scale, and the differences in the scores were measured.RESULTS: Higher life skills score was observed postintervention, and this difference was statisticallysignificant  (P  <  0.001). Higher postintervention mean score  (above 15) was seen in criticalthinking (19.58), self‑awareness (18.03), creative thinking (15.78), and interpersonal thinking (15.15).CONCLUSION: Increase in the postintervention scores using an educational intervention moduleand interactive teaching–learning methods suggests effectiveness of the life skills education program.Implementing this health promotion module on life skills in the school curriculum will address theoverall development of the personality of the school students.