Self-Awareness Skill Building and Correlation to Improved Mental Health Status in College Students Living in Iran during the 4th peak of COVID-19 Pandemic
Abstract
The study aimed at measuring the impact of self-awareness skill building on the levels of self-esteem, depression, and anxiety in college students. Additionally, the studyinvestigated the effect of an exogenous factors such as mindfulness, goal setting, and time management competencies on the endogenous factors such as problem-solving techniques and brain functionality. The general premise of the study is cross-sectional and quantitative with sample population of college students studying in the College of Computer Science at Baha’i Institute of Higher Education (BIHE) in Iran. At the start of the study, the number of participants was 51with30 males and 21 females; however, during the course of the study anddue to exclusion criteria, 13 students wereeliminated from the research and the end number was at 38participants.Using the Rosenburg’s Self-esteem combined with Beck Depression and Anxiety inventories, the independent variable, the skill building trainingscale was measured in terms of the dependent variables, self-esteem, depression, and anxiety. Both the Pearson coefficient and the T score were calculated to find the associations among such variables. The final data analysis of the pretest and posttest results showed students gained64.8855% increase in self-esteem, 33.1439% decrease in depression, and 7.66129% decrease in anxiety. The hypothesis stated that skill building training promotes self-esteem, while reducing anxiety and depression, subsequently heightening problem-solving and time-management techniques.
Full Text: PDF DOI: 10.15640/jflcc.v9n2a1
Abstract
The study aimed at measuring the impact of self-awareness skill building on the levels of self-esteem, depression, and anxiety in college students. Additionally, the studyinvestigated the effect of an exogenous factors such as mindfulness, goal setting, and time management competencies on the endogenous factors such as problem-solving techniques and brain functionality. The general premise of the study is cross-sectional and quantitative with sample population of college students studying in the College of Computer Science at Baha’i Institute of Higher Education (BIHE) in Iran. At the start of the study, the number of participants was 51with30 males and 21 females; however, during the course of the study anddue to exclusion criteria, 13 students wereeliminated from the research and the end number was at 38participants.Using the Rosenburg’s Self-esteem combined with Beck Depression and Anxiety inventories, the independent variable, the skill building trainingscale was measured in terms of the dependent variables, self-esteem, depression, and anxiety. Both the Pearson coefficient and the T score were calculated to find the associations among such variables. The final data analysis of the pretest and posttest results showed students gained64.8855% increase in self-esteem, 33.1439% decrease in depression, and 7.66129% decrease in anxiety. The hypothesis stated that skill building training promotes self-esteem, while reducing anxiety and depression, subsequently heightening problem-solving and time-management techniques.
Full Text: PDF DOI: 10.15640/jflcc.v9n2a1
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