Mental health promotion program by life skills among secondary school students

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Objective To study the effects of mental health promotion program by application of life skills and group process among secondary school  students.

Materials and methods This research was a quasi-experimental study.  The samples were 70 students in secondary school in Pen district, Udonthani province. Participants were divided into experimental group and comparison group, each group were 35 students. The experimental group  received  mental health promotion program by application of life skills. The period of implementation was 12 weeks using  group process for  5  times. The comparison group didn't receive any mental health promotion programs. Inferential statistics such as t- test were used to compare the differential of mean score of the knowledge about mental health and mental health problems prevention, life skills and practicing for mental health problems prevention.

Results After the implementation, the experimental group had mean score of the knowledge about mental health and mental health problems prevention, life skills and practicing for mental health problems prevention by application of life skills and group process higher than the comparison group statistical significantly.

Conclusion Mental health promotion program by application of life skills and group process  provided secondary school students with knowledge and understanding about mental health and mental health problems prevention, life skills and practicing  for mental health problems prevention increased.