How Mental Health and Well Being was influenced by Psycho Buddies – an innovative and experiential teaching learning method
Journal Title: INDIAN JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 4
Abstract
Background: Mental health and individual well-being plays an important role in the overall development for a person irrespective of the socio-economic background, age, gender, and ethnicity. These life resources if restricted or underdeveloped tend to create emotional disturbances in a being which affects life in all areas. It is of increasing importance to teach and imbibe these life values in students of all age-group for a holistic, congruent and integrated developed being. The authors of this study aim to understand how innovative teaching methods enhance the mental health and well-being of the undergraduate students. It aims to see how the teaching-learning methods are instrumental in building up overall efficiency, interpersonal relations, sociability, life satisfaction and mental health in the students. Methodology: A sample of 136 students with and without exposure to the teaching innovations each would be evaluated on the well-being scale. The authors believe that Psycho Buddies give students an excellent opportunity to develop essential life skills like leadership, team management, goal oriented action plans, focused efforts for career growth and a constructive pattern of thought process and adaptive emotional expression. The activities sensitize the students toward individual well-being and social responsibilities viz. life skill development, essential nutritional diet, community outreach for awareness and execution ability for health, financial and environment concerns. The Psychological Well-being scale was administered on the total sample of 136.
Authors and Affiliations
Sundari KP, Vrushali Pendse, Bhagyashree Sawant
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- DOI 10.30877/IJMH.3.4.2016.433-439
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