The Impact of Decision-Making and Problem-Solving Skills on Mental Health Status among Industrial Workers through Life-Skills Education

Abstract

Background: Essential Skills such as Decision-making and Problem-solving skills training through inculcating Life-skills education have shown a decrease in negative effectively on mental health status in workers. Objective: The study was aimed to examine “the impact of decision-making and problem-solving skills on mental health status among industrial workers through Life-skills education.” Methodology: The research was an experiment with pretest-posttest control group design. A sample of 100 workers was randomly selected from HMT Watches Ltd, Bangalore, India. The sample included an equal number of male (N=50) and female (N=50) workers. The samples were allocated to experimental and control group. Both groups were pre-tested by using research tools, such as mental health scale, decision making, and problem-solving skills self-assessment questionnaires for data collection. Research objectives through hypothesis guided the study. The experimental group received training in decision-making and problem-solving skills through life-skills education for 5 sessions, 2 hours per session per week. Both groups were post-tested, collected data was processed at inferential and descriptive levels using SPSS and for analytic analysis “T” test was used for variables. Findings: Findings of the study indicated that training in decision-making and problem-solving skills significantly found a positive effect on mental health, i.e., increased mental health status relatively reduced mental health problems. Conclusion: Decision-making and Problem-solving skills training through Life-skills education were proved effective in reducing mental health problems by enhancing mental health status.