Abstract
<i>Background.</i> Young adolescent has to prepare for a global successful adult life of competition and independent functioning which is possible only through enhancing their psychosocial competencies through life skills training. As a health care provider, the school nurse is in a unique position to act as health educator, a change agent for youth substance abuse prevention. This study aims to evaluate the effect of life skills intervention on social self-efficacy for prevention of drug abuse among young adolescent students at Benha City. <i>Methods.</i> A quasi-experimental design was utilized. The study was conducted at two Preparatory Schools in Benha City (Benha Preparatory School for Boys and Benha Shared Preparatory School). Simple random sample of 120 students were included in the present study. Two tools were used for data collection; first tool. The Children’s Self-Efficacy in Peer Interactions (CSPI). It was used to measure confidence in social interactions. Second tool; The Life Skills Training Questionnaire-Elementary Student (LSTQ-ES). This tool is designed to measure changes in knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of elementary students related to social confidence and drug resistance skills. <i>Results.</i> The mean age of the studied students was 14.9±0.45 years. There were statistically significant improvements (P<0.05) regarding to students' social self-efficacy in conflict & non-conflict situations, life skills knowledge & anti-smoking knowledge, anti-drinking and anti-smoking attitudes and life skills behaviors after the life skills intervention as compared to before. <i>Conclusion.</i> life skills intervention was efficient in improving students' social self-efficacy in conflict & non-conflict situations. also, knowledge of life skills & anti-smoking knowledge, anti-drinking and anti-smoking attitudes and life skills behaviors were improved after implementation stage on young adolescent students. <i>Recommendation.</i> The school nurse should plan and perform constant life skills training workshops for students as effective tools of drug abuse prevention in schools.
Highlights
Adolescence is the period of transition from child hood to adulthood and from period under parental control to the independence during which major physical, cognitive, and psychological changes occur that may have impact on adolescent’s life
Correlation coefficient was calculated between social selfefficacy, total knowledge scores, Anti-Smoking and Anti Drinking Attitudes and life skills behaviours
The life skills based intervention was efficient in knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related drug resistance skills
Summary
Adolescence is the period of transition from child hood to adulthood and from period under parental control to the independence during which major physical, cognitive, and psychological changes occur that may have impact on adolescent’s life. Spending more time with peers and conforming to the ideas and judgments of their peers This transition is so crucial as they face problems in certain areas of life such as parent child conflicts, substance abuse, American Journal of Nursing Science 2019; 8(5): 263-273 violence, risky behaviors and mood changes. This study aims to evaluate the effect of life skills intervention on social self-efficacy for prevention of drug abuse among young adolescent students at Benha City. Second tool; The Life Skills Training Questionnaire-Elementary Student (LSTQ-ES) This tool is designed to measure changes in knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of elementary students related to social confidence and drug resistance skills. The school nurse should plan and perform constant life skills training workshops for students as effective tools of drug abuse prevention in schools
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