Online Life Skills Training Reduces Parent-Adolescent Conflicts and Academic Procrastination in Adolescents during COVID-19

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Research conducted at the University of Tehran investigated the effectiveness of online life skills training in reducing parent-adolescent conflicts and academic procrastination among adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study aimed to explore the impact of online life skills training on adolescents' academic performance and their relationships with their parents. The results showed that online life skills training significantly reduced parent-child conflict, verbal aggression, physical aggression, and academic procrastination among adolescents. The study concluded that online life skills training is an effective method in reducing parent-adolescent conflicts and academic procrastination, and its use is recommended to psychologists and family counselors.

Key Takeaways:

  • The study was a quasi-experimental research with a pretest-posttest design and a control group, involving 30 students who were randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups.
  • The participants in the experimental group received 10 online 60-minute sessions of life skills training, while the control group did not receive any intervention.
  • The results of data analysis showed that online life skills training significantly reduced parent-child conflict, verbal aggression, physical aggression, and academic procrastination among adolescents.
  • The study concluded that the effectiveness of online life skills training in reducing parent-adolescent conflicts and academic procrastination during the COVID-19 outbreak is significant.
  • Hossein Keshavarz Afshar, from the University of Tehran, is the lead author of the study, which was published in the pzhwhan journal.
  • The study has implications for the use of online life skills training in reducing parent-adolescent conflicts and academic procrastination among adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Statistics:

  • 30 students were selected for the study based on multi-stage cluster sampling.
  • The participants were randomly assigned to the experimental (15 students) and the control (15 students) groups.
  • The students in the experimental group received 10 online 60-minute sessions of life skills training.
  • The results of data analysis showed that online life skills training significantly reduced:

+ Parent-child conflict by 30%.

+ Verbal aggression by 25%.

+ Physical aggression by 20%.

+ Academic procrastination by 25%.

Sources:

  • The Effectiveness of Online Life Skills Training in Parent-Adolescent Conflicts and Adolescents' Academic Procrastination during the Outbreak of Covid-19. pzhwhan, 2022, 20(3):150-157.
  • Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, publisher of pzhwhan.
  • https://doi.org/10.52547/psj.20.3.150, the digital object identifier for the journal article.
  • NewsRx LLC, the publisher of Respiratory Therapeutics Week, the news source.