Effect of Life Skill Training on Self-Esteem of the Iranian High School Students

Abstract

Present study was aimed at studying the effect of life skill training in high school female students in Tehran, Iran. For this purpose initially five high schools were selected randomly. Then from each school 30 students were selected whom the authorities of schools felt had some problems.  Finally, 60 students were selected 12 from each school. Therefore, total sample of the present study comprised sixty (60) female students. Then, they were assigned randomly to experimental and control groups. Each group had 30 subjects the experimental group was given Life skill training for 10 days, while the control group wasn't given such training. The Self esteem of the Experimental and control group was measured before and after Life skill training. Self –esteem was measured with the help of Coppersmith's self-esteem inventory (1981).  This inventory had general, social, school academic and home parent dimensions. Analysis of co-variance (ANCOVA) was used to analyze the data. Results showed that on all the dimensions of self-esteem the experimental group had scored better on post condition than control group. Thus, life skill training was highly effective in improving the self-esteem of the subjects.