The Effect of Life Skills Training on the Mental Health and Level of Resilience among Teachers of Normal Students and Teachers of Exceptional Students in Zahedan

Hossein Jenaabadi,Rezvan Haghi,Rozita Mostafapour,Bahareh Azizi Nejad

doi:10.4236/ojmp.2015.42002

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Abstract

This is an experimental study conducted on two groups of control and experimental using pretestposttest design, applying psychological intervention on the study sample. The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of collective education life skills on mental health and resilience of teachers in Zahedan. The population of the study included all teachers at schools with normal students and teachers at schools with exceptional students in Zahedan, among which 60 teachers at normal schools and 20 teachers at exceptional schools were selected and placed in two groups of experimental and control, respectively. Initially, members of the experimental group were taught 10 basic life skills in 10 2-hour sessions. Mental health and resilience questionnaires were distributed and gathered before and after the training sessions. Results indicated the positive effect of life skills training on mental health of teachers at schools with normal students and teachers at schools with exceptional students, which meant that the more the life skills training to teachers at schools with normal students and teachers at schools with exceptional students, the lower their mental health scores would be. Results also indicated the positive effect of life skills training on resilience of teachers at schools with normal students and teachers at schools with exceptional students, which meant that the more the life skills training to teachers at schools with normal students and teachers at schools with exceptional students, the higher their resilience scores would be.

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One of the most important factors that help people live well and successfully is to know and feel good about themselves
Calculated t (t(58) = 10.35) is statistically significant at 99% level. This indicates that the level of resilience of teachers at schools with normal students is affected by life skills training
Calculated t (t(18) = 15.12) is statistically significant at 99% level. This indicates that the level of resilience of teachers at schools with exceptional students is affected by life skills training

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One of the most important factors that help people live well and successfully is to know and feel good about themselves. Johnson and Johnson [10] considered the following results as the beneficial effects of social skills training: 1) Individual and identity development; 2) Job opportunities; 3) Improving the quality of life; 4) Physical health; 5) Mental health; 6) The ability to cope with anger-provoking situations. Pourseyed et al [13] suggest that life skills training leads to an increase in the experimental group’ blind and visually impairs students’ adaptability compared with the control group They calculate the reliability factor of the questionnaire under the study 0.85. Jalili Abkenar [14] in a study entitled “The Effect of Social Skills Training on Hearing Impaired Students” conclude that teaching social skills, communication techniques, helping students about making friends and informing families lead to relatively facilitate the acceptance by peers and their social development and their vitality and freshness and health are secured. This researcher obtained the reliability coefficient of the Shyness Scale 0.89 and social compromise reliability coefficient as 0.68 which indicated appropriate internal consistency of the scales

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