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Improving emotional health and self-esteem of Malaysian adolescents living in orphanages through Life Skills Education program: A multi-centre randomized control trial

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  • Marjan Mohammadzadeh
  • Hamidin Awang
  • Suriani Ismail
  • Hayati Kadir Shahar

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Generally speaking, institutionalised children and adolescents are at greatly increased risk of serious mental and behavioural problems, up to seven times more than their peers. Life skills- based interventions using peer enforcement have been introduced as effective program to improve adolescents’ emotional and behavioral health. Therefore, the current randomized control study aimed to determine, if a life skills-based intervention could improve the emotional health and self-esteem among Malaysian adolescents in orphanages. Overall, 271 male and female adolescents (13–18 years old) from 8 orphanages in Klang valley, Malaysia participated in the study. Comparing the intervention to control group within 3 points of time, the finding of the study showed that immediately after finishing the interventional sessions (post-test), the mean scores of depression (F = 33.80, P 0.001). These results provide preliminary approve for LSE to enhance emotional health and self-esteem in orphanages.

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  • Marjan Mohammadzadeh & Hamidin Awang & Suriani Ismail & Hayati Kadir Shahar, 2019. "Improving emotional health and self-esteem of Malaysian adolescents living in orphanages through Life Skills Education program: A multi-centre randomized control trial," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(12), pages 1-18, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0226333
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226333
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