期刊名称：SCHOLARLY RESEARCH JOURNAL FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
印刷版ISSN：2319-4766
电子版ISSN：2278-8808
出版年度：2015
期号：4239
页码：3127-3138
出版社：SCHOLARLY RESEARCH JOURNAL'S
摘要：Life skills are abilities for adaptive and positive behaviour, which enable individuals to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life. Life Skills are categories in to following two major groups: (a) Affective Life Skills: affective life skills consisting of four core life skills such as: Coping with stress, Empathy, Interpersonal relationship and Coping with emotions. (B) Cognitive Life Skills: cognitive life skills consisting of six core life skills such as: Self-awareness, Critical thinking, Decision making, Effective communication, Creative thinking and Problem solving. The main objective of this investigation is to find out the level of Life Skills among undergraduate students; and also to find out whether there is any difference in Life Skills among undergraduate students based on few personal and demographic variables. Sample for this study consists of 100 UG students (both [50] male and female [50]) from government, government aided and private colleges in and around Chennai constitution. The tool used in this investigation “Life Skills Assessment Scale” was developed by the investigator (N.R. Prakash, S. Nirmala Devi, 2014). Collected data was analyzed using SPSS package. The investigator found that the level of Life Skills among undergraduate students is moderate in nature. The researcher also found that there is significant difference in their Life skills with respect to Stream of study, Medium of instruction, Place of living, whether attended any life/soft skill course and no significant difference in their Life skills with respect to Gender and Type of Management. Keywords: Life Skills, Life Skills Education, Undergraduate Students, Assessment
