PURPOSE To assess the impact of exposure to life skills education by youth in KwaZulu-Natal Province (KZN, South Africa) on knowledge and behaviors associated with the spread of HIV/AIDS. METHODS Data come from a panel study of 2222 youth from several population subgroups in KZN. The youth were aged 14-24 years when interviewed in 1999 and 2001. The intervention was a full coverage life skill...

BACKGROUND Heart failure (HF) patient education aims to foster patients' self-management skills. These are assumed to bring about, in turn, improvements in distal outcomes such as quality of life. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that change in self-reported self-management skills observed after participation in self-management education predicts changes in physical and ment...

The purpose of this study was to develop a valid, reliable scale to measure life skills. The first phase involved the conceptualization and operationalization of life skills based on the review and identifies the research gaps. Similar questionnaires, scales were reviewed, based on that the items were framed for the tool. In the second phase, Face and content validity were assessed by a panel o...

by the progress of knowledge and technology and reaching equipments for the comfort in life, psychology has gone too far in knowledge by carrying out extensive research. psychologists, for having a better life, emphasize on learning life skills. these skills being international are rooted in islam and are atated by modern words. one of these skills is to control the anger or excitement. the wri...

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...

Article history: Received date: 28 August, 2016 Review date: 7 October 2016 Accepted date:25 October 2016 Printed online:1 September Purpose: The initiation of anti-bullying movements in school’s dates back to nearly three decades ago in some countries. Despite the importance of such a movement and its grave implications for education systems, no particular program or action has been...

The Effects of Taking the Life Skills Course on First Year High School Students' Self-Efficacy and Assertiveness M. Parto, Ph.D. To assess the effectiveness of the life skills course in improving students' self-efficacy and assertiveness two student samples were drawn from among all first year high school students in Tehran, one from schools offering the course and the other from...