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The Effectiveness of Life Skills Training on Self-Efficacy and Resilience in Children and Adolescents of Divorce
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Maryam Jowkar   , Shahrzad Kamali , Reza Mottaghi |
| Zand Institute of Higher Education, Shiraz , rezamotaghi63@yahoo.com |
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Introduction: Divorce is a stressful factor in families that can reduce self-efficacy and resilience in children and adolescents. Self-efficacy refers to an individual’s belief in their ability to manage situations, while resilience is the capacity to cope with difficult circumstances. Life skills training can serve as an effective intervention to enhance these abilities. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of life skills training on self-efficacy and resilience in children and adolescents of divorced parents.
Methods: This semi-experimental study was conducted using a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population included children and adolescents of divorced parents in Arsanjan, Iran, in 2023. Thirty participants were selected through convenience sampling and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (15 participants each). The experimental group received life skills training in 10 sessions, each lasting 90 minutes, held twice a week. The data collection tools included a demographic checklist, the Morris Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (2001), and the Ungar & Liebenberg Resilience Scale (2011). The data obtained from the questionnaires in the pre-test and post-test were analyzed using SPSS-26 software, and the research hypotheses were examined using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) at a significance level of p < 0.05.
Results: The results showed that life skills training had a significant effect on the self-efficacy and resilience of children and adolescents of divorce (p<0.001). Additionally, life skills training had a significant impact on the dimensions of self-efficacy (social self-efficacy, academic self-efficacy, and emotional self-efficacy) and the dimensions of resilience (personal, relational, and contextual resilience) (p<0.001).
Conclusion: Considering the psychological and social harms caused by divorce, life skills training can be an effective preventive strategy to improve the mental health of children and adolescents of divorced families.
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| Keywords: Life skills, self-efficacy, resilience, children and, Adolescents of Divorce |
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Type of Study: Quantitative-Research |
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Received: 2025/02/6 | Accepted: 2025/06/27 | Published: 2025/04/30
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