Compilation and Validation of Life Skills Training Package Based on Wisdom in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh and its Effectiveness on Meaning of Life, Interpersonal Intelligence and Emotion Regulation in Adolescents

Document Type : Mixed Method Research

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1 Ph.D. Student in Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Prof. of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran

3 Prof. of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran

4 Prof. of Measurement and Assessment, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Aim: This study aimed to compile and validate the life skills training package based on wisdom components in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh and its effectiveness on the meaning of life, interpersonal intelligence and emotion regulation in adolescents. In terms of objectives, this mixed-methods study was basic research in the first phase and applied in the second. A combination of grounded theory and quasi-experimental methods was used for this purpose. The statistical population in the first phase includes the complete text of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, Jalal Khaleghi Motlaq, while high schools' students in Tehran were the target population of the second phase. Statistical sample was selected by census for the first phase. For the second phase, 40 students were randomly placed into an experimental and a control group. The experimental group received 13 wisdom-based life skills training sessions. The research tools included the interpersonal subscale of Multiple Intelligence Survey developed by Chislett and Chapman (2006), Steger’s (2010) Meaning of Life Questionnaire and Garnefski and Kraaij (2001) Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire. Findings confirmed the validity of and reliability of wisdom-based life skills training package. Also, MANCOVA showed that the experimental group scored higher in terms of meaning of life, interpersonal intelligence and emotion regulation than the control group. As a result, wisdom-based life skills training package can be a practical tool for psychologists and counselors to train adolescents to have a better life.

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