Page No.61-70
Pooja Yadav and Naved Iqbal
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
The aim of the present study was to see the imp act of life skill training on selfesteem,
adjustment and empathy among adolescents. Total sample comprised of
60 students (30 males and 30 females) from the Hans Raj Model School, Punjabi
Bagh who has received life skill training from the team of Expressions India. Self
esteem inventory (school form), Adjustment inventory for school students (AISS)
and the Empathy quotient (EQ) were administered in a group session one by one
in two or three days both before training was given and after training. In the post
condition, test scores were obtained after 5 months of training. The result showed
that subjects improved significantly in post condition on self-esteem, emotional
adjustment, educational adjustment, total adjustment and empathy. However, no
significant difference was found on social adjustment in pre and post condition.
Overall training was very efective as subjects improved in the post condition on all
measures except one, thus showing that Life skill training do show positive result s
in bringing change in adolescent’ s attitude, thought and behavior by providing
supportive environment to them
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