Effectiveness of Life Skills Education by Empowerment Approach to Social Work on Physically and Motor Handicapped Girls.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Baniasad, Asma; Raheb, Ghonche; Barshan, Adibeh; Eghlima, Mostafa; Davarmanesh, Abbas; Farzi, Marjan
- Source
- Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences. Dec2012, Vol. 14 Issue 10, p82-85. 4p.
- Subject
- *LIFE skills
*SELF-efficacy
*SOCIAL services
*WOMEN with disabilities
*CONTROL groups
*T-test (Statistics)
- Language
- ISSN
- 2008-7977
Background: 3TThis study determined the effectiveness of life skills training by empowerment approach to social work on personal and social adjustment of physically motor handicapped girls. Materials and Methods: 3TThe study was semi-experimental design and used pretestposttest plan with a control group. The intervention group participated in 8 session's life skills training by empowerment approach to social work, and a control group received no teaching. To gathering information from California questionnaire were used. To examine significances, independent t-test was used. Results: 3TThere is significant difference in posttest scores between the intervention and control groups (p<0.05) but neurological syndrome is not only significant change (p>0.05) Conclusion: 3TLife skills education by empowerment approach to Social work is effective way to promote a level's adjustment of physical motor disabilities girls. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]