The Effect of Life Skills Training on Hope, Social Health and Mental Well-being of War Veterans in Kalibar

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of life skills training on hope, social health, and mental well-being of veterans in Kalibar. The research design was a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest with a control group. The statistical population of this study was all veterans of Kalibar city in 1399 that 30 people were selected using purposive sampling method and randomly divided into two groups of intervention and control (15 people for each group). Snyder Hope, Keys social health and Reef mental well-being questionnaires were used to collect data. Data were analyzed by covariance analysis. The results showed that life skills training has an effect on hope, social health and mental well-being of veterans. In fact, life skills training increases the hope, social health and mental well-being of veterans. Therefore, paying attention to life skills plays an important role in improving the positive aspects of veterans.