The Effect of Self-Awareness Training with Painting on Self-Efficacy among Orphaned Adolescents

Abstract

Objective: Self-awareness is the ability to accurately perceive the aspects of our personality,\rbehavior, emotions, and motivations. It is the foundation of all kinds of emotional restraints.\rMoreover, the feeling of having control over everything is associated with improved mental health.\rSelf-awareness skills are characterized as a set of coping and self-management skills that increase\rself-efficacy.\rMethods: This semi-experimental randomized controlled study was conducted on 80 individuals\rdivided into an intervention and a control group. All 80 subjects were selected from 150 eligible\rorphaned adolescents under the coverage of Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation. The educational\rintervention was conducted through five 120-minute sessions. simple random sampling and were\rdivided into two groups using balanced block randomization The data were collected using selfawareness\rand self-efficacy questionnaires and then were analyzed by SPSS version 19.\rResults: The results showed a significant difference between the 2 groups regarding self-efficacy\rand self-awareness scores before and then 1 and 6 weeks after the intervention (P<0.001). The\rintervention group’s mean(SD) scores of self-awareness were 27.00(2.97), 34.1(2.09), and\r34.55(2.04) in the pretest, first posttest (1 week after the intervention), and second posttest (6 weeks\rafter the intervention), respectively. Also, the intervention group’s mean(SD) scores of self-efficacy\rwere 126.00(19.56), 164.55(19.56), and 173.66(15.84) in the pretest, first posttest, and second\rposttest, respectively.\rConclusion: The findings of this study showed that self-awareness training directly increased selfawareness\rskills and self-efficacy. Thus, self-awareness skills training with painting approach is\reffective in promoting self-awareness and self-efficacy among adolescents.