The Effectiveness of Life Skills Training Based on Jay McGraw's Approach to Self-Expression Emotion Regulation in Adolescent

A review of research shows that different life skills training approaches are effective on self-expression and emotion regulation; But can life-skills based on a Jay McGraw approach also affect adolescents' self-expression and emotion regulation? The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of life skills training based on Jay McGraw's approach on self-expression and emotion regulation in adolescents.

The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test with control group. From the adolescent statistical population after screening, 30 adolescents were selected purposefully and were randomly assigned into two control and experimental groups. Questionnaires of Existence (Gambrill & Richey, 1975) and Cognitive Emotion Regulation (Garnefski et al., 2001) were distributed between the two groups as pre-test, then the experimental group under the Life Skills Training (Jay McGraw, 2002) and finally post-test was taken from both groups and data were analyzed using MANCOVA and ANCOVA.

The results showed that the life skills training based on Jay McGraw's approach increased the expression and emotion regulation of the experimental group in the post-test. (P≤0.001).

To enhance adolescents' self-expression and emotion regulation, a new approach to JayMcGraw based life skills training can be used.