Life Skills Needs Assessment among Iranian Immigrant Students in Malaysia

Emigration to another country on the other hand, could be even more stressful for many reasons such as the new cultural and educational environment (1), especially for children and adolescents due to leaving a familiar environment to unfamiliar one which can seriously affect their both mental and ph...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Iranian journal of public health 2017-01, Vol.46 (1), p.143-145
Main Authors: Mohammadzadeh, Marjan, Awang, Hamidin, Tajik, Esra
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Communication
Decision making
Education
Letter to the Editor
No keywords
Skill development
Teenagers
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Emigration to another country on the other hand, could be even more stressful for many reasons such as the new cultural and educational environment (1), especially for children and adolescents due to leaving a familiar environment to unfamiliar one which can seriously affect their both mental and physical health status (2). [...]one of the challenges for the immigrate parents to help their children to stay on correct pathways for a successful and healthy life is finding educational methods relying more on influence than control to help them adjusting their new situation (3). life skills education (LSE) is a comprehensive method focusing on the development of the skills that people normally need for healthy life such as making decisions, controlling emotions, communication, life and relationship management, self- esteem building and more (4). According to the results communication skills, self-organization and goal setting respectively are the three prior life skills among the immigrant adolescents.
ISSN:2251-6085
2251-6093