Life skills training, hope, and health: An interventional study in the North West of Iran during the COVID-19 pandemic

Safaralizadeh, Haniyeh; Azarsa, Taghi; Zeinali, Esmayil; Sharafkhani, Rahim

doi:10.1016/j.puhip.2022.100275

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“…In contrast to the findings of the previous studies, Safaralizadeh et al (2022) observed that life skills training failed to play a significant role on increasing the hope and health among the women in the suburban regions of Khoy. It indicates that only interventions such as life skills training will not improve suburban women's hope and health.…”

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confidence: 99%

A Life Skills Intervention for Enhancing Psychological Well-Being of Secondary School Students

Kaur

2022

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The study investigates the efficacy of a school-based life skills intervention on the psychological well-being of secondary school students. The study follows a quasi-experimental research design on a cluster sample of 80 school students studying in 9th grade. The investigator prepared the life skills training module by including three activities on all ten life skills identified by World Health Organization (WHO). The life skills training programme was executed in 40 sessions within the school premises in the form of life skills training sessions conducted daily for 40 minutes within the classroom setting. The results of the present study reveal a positive and significant effect of life skills training on the psychological well-being of secondary school students. The study also presents the implications of the results in the context of adolescent development.

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Section: Review Of Related Literaturecontrasting

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A Life Skills Intervention for Enhancing Psychological Well-Being of Secondary School Students

Kaur

2022

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“…The results of Al-Hakeim et al (32) confirmed that major depressive disorder is associated with immune system activation, as can be observed by dramatic increases in the levels of four cytokines. These findings point to immune system activation and elevated insulin resistance, as well as resistance regulation by increased cytokine levels in major depressive disorder (27)(28)(29)(30).…”

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“…Other studies have confirmed the overproduction of proinflammatory cytokines such as IFN-γ, IL-1β, TNF-α, and IL-6 in patients with depression. Other studies have also reported an increase in neutrophil and monocyte phagocytosis in depressed patients (15,16,(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29).…”

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Feasibility of Utilizing Transforming Growth Factor Beta as a Biomarker of Depression in Hospitalized Patients

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Several mental conditions and depression, have been linked to immune response disorganization. However, it is unclear if particular immune mediators play a part in the etiopathogenesis of depression. Although there are no definite biomarkers to diagnose depression, the current study sought to logically evaluate the possibility and feasibility of checking a biomarker for depression to be utilized for hospitalized patients suspected of depression. In this narrative review, related articles were gathered through a search of PubMed, Scopus, and ScienceDirect databases as well as a manual search of full-text paper references. The reviewed studies demonstrated the potential role of the transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) in depressive disorders. Previous studies represented a negative role for TGF-β in depression pathophysiology and an increase in TGF-β after depression treatment. Elevated plasma TGF-alpha acted controversial to TGF-β. The level of TGF-β in maternal plasma increased getting close to delivery, and researchers found that it might be associated with postpartum depression. In addition, researchers reported extreme elevations in TGF-β levels in the brain cells of subjects who died by suicide. Although the results of this study revealed a plausible link between TGF-β and depression based on the literature, sensitivity and specificity studies needed before TGF-β as a biomarker may be extensively employed in clinical practice. Depression appears to be down-regulating TGF-β and its signaling or the underlying mechanisms of the pathogenesis of consequent neurological disorders, while further studies are required for the application of the TGF-β assessment in clinical practice.

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“…In this context, based on theoretical and empirical data, several authors have focused on the enhancement of hope (e.g., Feldman & Dreher, 2012;Honey et al, 2023;Lopez et al, 2004;Pouyanfard et al, 2020;Safaralizadeh et al, 2022).…”

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Risks of Ecosystems’ Degradation: Portuguese Healthcare Professionals’ Mental Health, Hope and Resilient Coping

Meneses,

Barros,

Sani

2024

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Healthcare professionals constantly face situations that reflect ecosystems’ degradation. These can negatively affect their mental health. Research suggests that hope and resilience can play an important role in this scenario, since they are related to/predict mental health in highly heterogeneous samples (considering geography, age, profession, health, etc.). In this context, the aims of the present study are: to characterize and explore the relationship between hope, resilient coping and mental health of Portuguese healthcare professionals. Using Google Forms, 276 healthcare professionals answered to the GHQ-28, the (adult) Trait Hope Scale, and the Brief Resilient Coping Scale (cross-sectional study). The minimum and maximum possible scores were reached, with the exception of the maximum score of GHQ-28-Total. Regarding Hope, 19.6% scored below the midpoint (M=43.46, SD=11.97); 29.3% revealed low resilience (M=14.93, SD=4.05); and the average of 4 of the 5 Mental Health scores (exception: Severe Depression) indicates the probability of a psychiatric case. Hope correlated with Social Dysfunction and GHQ-28-Total; resilient coping proved to be a (weak) predictor of 4 of the 5 GHQ-28 indicators (exception: Severe depression). The results support the need to promote the sample's mental health, hope and resilient coping. They also suggest that stimulating resilient coping may contribute to improving healthcare professionals’ mental health.

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Life skills training, hope, and health: An interventional study in the North West of Iran during the COVID-19 pandemic

Cited by 5 publications

References 27 publications

A Life Skills Intervention for Enhancing Psychological Well-Being of Secondary School Students

A Life Skills Intervention for Enhancing Psychological Well-Being of Secondary School Students

Feasibility of Utilizing Transforming Growth Factor Beta as a Biomarker of Depression in Hospitalized Patients

Risks of Ecosystems’ Degradation: Portuguese Healthcare Professionals’ Mental Health, Hope and Resilient Coping

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