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Life Skills Program For Improving Adolescent Mental Health In The Aftermath Mount Merapi Eruption, Yogyakarta-Indonesia, Fransiska Kaligis, Noorhana Sw, Hervita Diatri, Suryo Dharmono

ASEAN Journal of Community Engagement

The ability of adolescents to cope with stressful life events has notbeen well developed. Facing stressfulsituations might trigger them to engage in many dangerous and self-destructivebehaviors. Life skills program in improving mental health of adolescents has been proven in many countries, as it has in Indonesia. In post-disaster situation, there is rarelyany community program which focuses on adolescent mental health. Life skillsprogram is a psychological intervention to teach adolescents to improve theirskill to cope with stress, develop self-esteem, deal with peer pressure, thinkcritically, communicate appropriately and act assertively. Teachers and localhealth professionals who have already been trained about life skills …