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Adolescents face many transitional changes in this stage of their life, many emotional, psychological and social problems result in several mental health issues in their later life. Learning various life skills can cause positive effect on mental health of individuals. The present study was designed to investigate the effects of life skills on mental health of adolescents through cross sectional research method. This study was completed with a sample of 360 adolescents; 180 male and 180 female adolescents selected through multistage random sampling technique from schools. They provided data on Life Skills Scale (Vranda, 2009)and Mental Health Inventory (Ritvo et al., 1997). Multivariate analysis showed the significant impact of life skills onmental health of adolescents. Findings showed that life skills such asproblem solving, communication skills,selfawareness,coping with emotions, interpersonal relationship skills, creative thinking and coping with stresshave significant impact on mental health of adolescents. The components of mental health; depression, anxiety, positive affect and behavioral controlwere found regressed upon life skills of adolescents. These findings have implications for psychologists and academicians who could execute the core life skills in school curriculums and can be taught to adolescents to promote their mental health.In this way an increase in psychological health can contribute to student’s motivation to learn effectively to deal with severalsocial, emotional and psychological problems.

Sarwat Sultan, Muhammad Saleem. (2021) Life Skills as Determining Factors for Mental Health of Adolesccents, Pakistan Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, volume 19, issue 1.
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