Life Skills Influence on Students’ General Health

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The purpose of this study is determining the influence of life skills education on Semnan University students’ general health. In a test plan having pretest and posttest with control group, 54 students were selected and categorized in test and control groups. Participants completed general health questionnaires in two steps. Test group attended in ten sessions on life skills education which was held once per week. Covariance analysis indicated that life skills education has meaningfully improved test group students’ general health and has significantly reduced body symptoms, anxiety and insomnia, social performance disorder, and depression in test group in comparison with control group (P> 0.05). As a result, it could be concluded that education of life skills is used as an effective strategy for improvement of students’ general health.

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