Life Skills Training Effects on Adjustment and Mental Health in Physical-Motor Disabilities

Maryam Khaksari; Ali Fathi-Ashtiani; Mokhtar Seifi; Raheleh Abolghasemi-Hedeshi; Farah Lotfi-Kashani; Farzad Akbari Helm

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| Published: January 31, 2019

Life Skills Training Effects on Adjustment and Mental Health in Physical-Motor Disabilities

Maryam Khaksari

M.Sc. Clinical Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, Roudehen branch of Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Google Scholar More about the auther

, Ali Fathi-Ashtiani

Professor, Psychology, Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Google Scholar More about the auther

, Mokhtar Seifi

Ph.D. Scholar, Health Psychology, Department of Psychology, Karaj branch of Islamic Azad University, Iran Google Scholar More about the auther

, Raheleh Abolghasemi-Hedeshi

M.Sc. in Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, Garmsar Branch of Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Google Scholar More about the auther

, Farah Lotfi-Kashani

Associate Professor in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Roudehen branch of Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Google Scholar More about the auther

, Farzad Akbari Helm

Ph.D. Student, Psychology, Department of Psychology, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.002/20190701

DOI: 10.25215/0701.002

ABSTRACT

Life Skills Training in Physical-Motor Disabled (PMD) have been rarely scrutinized in Iranian culture, which makes us to assess that comprehensively.We aimed to examine effectiveness of a life skills training (LST) on adjustment and mental health of physical-motor disabilities (PMD) people. Eleven PMD people attended 10 sessions of the LST, and were followed up for 2 months. The pre-test, post-test and follow-up adjustment and mental health of the groups were measured using Bell’s adjustment inventory, a general health questionnaire, and compared with PMD control. Significant differences were found between the experimental and control groups regarding the post-test and follow-up overall adjustment and mental health functions. There were significant increase in the post-test scores of home adjustment, follow-up scores of both health and social adjustment, and significant reductions in both post-test and follow-up signs of physical symptoms, anxiety, and insomnia, post-test signs of depression and social dysfunction and failure in the experimental group. The LST improves adjustment and mental health measures of PMD people. However, further confirmatory studies are required.

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Adjustment, Life Skills Training, Mental Health, Physical-Motor Disability

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How to cite this article: Khaksari. M, Ali. F, Seifi. M, Raheleh. A, Farah. L, & Farzad. A (2019).Life Skills Training Effects on Adjustment and Mental Health in Physical-Motor Disabilities. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 7(1), 5-14. DIP:18.01.002/20190701, DOI:10.25215/0701.002