Improvement in psychosocial adjustment for psychiatric patients after a 16-week life skills education program
✍ Scribed by John R. Reddon; Gregory A. Pope; Shauna Dorais; Marilyn D. Pullan
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 303 KB
- Volume
- 52
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9762
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✦ Synopsis
The Holden Psychological Screening Inventory, a 36-item screening inventory for psychosocial adjustment, was administered pre-and posttreatment to 31 psychiatric patients enrolled in a ldweek life skills education program. Statistically significant improvements in the Depression Symptomatology, Social Symptomatology, and Total scores were obtained, but the Psychiatric Symptomatology scale did not improve significantly. Size of effect was larger for Depression Symptomatology (52) and Social Symptomatology (.30) than for Psychiatric Symptomatology (.23). On a 6-point scale all patients rated their overall satisfaction with the program on the two most favorable categories, excellent and very good. The results provide support for life skills education programming for psychiatric patients as part of the treatment and recovery process.
Life skills training programs entail educating participants to enhance their psychosocial adjustment and improve their problem-solving and coping skills for the management of daily interactions and activities. Emphasis is placed on group participation and the application of newly acquired skills to everyday areas of Iife. The five primary areas addressed in life skills programs are: self, family, leisure, community, and job (Conger & Mullen, 1981). Typically, self and one's behavior are the main focus.
Past research supports life skills traininig efficacy among a wide variety of groups including penitentiary inmates (Marshall, Turner, &