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:: Volume 34, Issue 3 (Fall 2024) ::
MEDICAL SCIENCES 2024, 34(3): 297-309 Back to browse issues page
Effective components of life skills course: a qualitative study
Mehdi Manouchehri1 , Fatemeh Khoramian 2, Mahtab Norouzi3 , Roghaye Gharabaghi Sarmad4 , Soroor Arabpour Khanmirzaei5 , Mina Fakouri Ashkiki6
1- Assistant Professor, PhD of Health Psychology, Tehran Medical Science, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2- Department of Psychology, Faculty Medicine, Tehran Medical Science, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran , s7.khoramian@gmail.com
3- Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Literature, Humanities and Social Sciences, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
4- PhD Student of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran
5- PhD Student of Psychology, Tonkabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonkabon, Iran
6- PhD Student of Health Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
Abstract:   (261 Views)
Background: Life skills are a set of abilities designed by the World Health Organization to promote the quality of life and recommend it to all members of society. This study aimed to determine and evaluate the effective components of the life skills course.
Materials and methods: The present research was a qualitative and of the phenomenology model. Using purposive based sampling method, 20 participants of life skills course were selected who met the studying criteria including the maximum absence of 2 sessions in a 10-session course, age over 18 years, and personal consent to participate in the study. Data were collected using semi-structured and individual open-ended interviews until data saturation was achieved. The recorded interviews were then handwritten and analyzed.
Results: Qualitative analysis of the interviews led to the extraction of five themes: “cognitive and emotional self-awareness,” “group dynamics,” “content capability in conceptualization and operation of structures and processes,” “gaining insight and unconscious change,” and “self-compassion formation.
Conclusion: According to the obtained results, life skills training in a participatory and active method based on a coherent protocol in a context of intimacy, empathy and non-judgmental group atmosphere, leads to increased self-awareness and motivation and belief in the change in individuals. This underscores the need to focus on psychological education in a participatory and active manner.
 
Keywords: Life skills, Self-awareness, Group dynamics, Phenomenology, Qualitative study
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Semi-pilot: Qualitative | Subject: psychology
Received: 2023/10/22 | Accepted: 2024/01/22 | Published: 2024/10/1
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Manouchehri M, Khoramian F, Norouzi M, Gharabaghi Sarmad R, Arabpour Khanmirzaei S, Fakouri Ashkiki M. Effective components of life skills course: a qualitative study. MEDICAL SCIENCES 2024; 34 (3) :297-309
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