THE IMPACT OF LIFE SKILLS TRAINING ON COLLEGE STUDENTS’ PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AND LIFE SATISFACTION
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Life Skills Training for students is a vital psychosocial intervention addressing academic, emotional, and social challenges. This insightful study demonstrates that implementing a life skills training program significantly improves college students' mental and physical health. Using a rigorous quasi-experimental pretest–posttest control group design with 300 participants—divided equally into experimental and control groups—the research highlights the positive impact of focusing on HED life skills modules. Participants outcomes were assessed using the Life Skills Assessment Scale (LSAS) and the Warwick–Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS) and Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) at the pretest, followed by the Youth Life Skills Scale (YLSS), WHO-5 Well-Being Index, and Temporal Satisfaction with Life Scale (TSWLS) at the posttest The results show that life skills training boosted psychological well-being and life satisfaction among students. These compelling findings underscore the urgent need for educational institutions to integrate such programs into their curricula to enhance students' emotional resilience, social skills, and personal development, thereby supporting their success and overall well-being. Policy implications and recommendations have been discussed.
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