A comparison of the effectiveness of life skills training and mindfulness on sense of coherence in adolescents in tehran

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of life skills and mindfulness on the sense of cohesion among female students.Methodology: The present study is applied in terms of purpose and semi-experimental in terms of pre-test and post-test design. The statistical population of the present study includes female high school students in Tehran (Region 3). Sampling method is available, considering that the number of students in each class is 20, 20 people were selected as the sample. A questionnaire (Feeling Cohesionberg, 2006) and an educational package (Fati and Mutabi life skills and ministerial mindfulness) were used to collect data.Results: The results of data analysis using multivariate analysis of covariance (Mancova) showed that life skills training and mindfulness have an effect on the sense of cohesion (P <0.05).Conclusion: Considering the effect of life skills and mindfulness training on the sense of cohesion, these trainings can be used in schools to increase the level of awareness of students and parents.

Keywords

• life skills training
• mindfulness
• sense of coherence
• female students (high school)