Effectiveness of integrated approach of emotional first aid and life skills training on psychological distress among adolescent students
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adolescents, emotional first aid, life skills training, psychological distressAbstract
Our country is recently known as the most populated country on the planet, and this only adds to the already neglected mental health epidemic of “Depression” and “Psychological Distress”. Psychological distress is a state of suffering that happens emotionally when a person feels completely devoid of emotions and lacks complete interest in previously pleasurable activities. This research paper focuses on how life skills training and emotional first aid can help address distress and emotional stressors daily. The experiment aims to provide training on emotional first aid and life skills to students, thereby reducing the levels of psychological distress among students. For this, a sample of 350 students was taken and further divided into experimental and control groups of 60 each. The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale was used to determine the levels of psychological distress, here correlation method was used to test the effectiveness of variables. The results of the study indicated that Life skills training and psychological distress training have reduced the levels of Psychological distress among adolescent students. There was a significant impact of the integrated approach of life skills training and emotional first aid on psychological distress.
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