The Effectiveness of a Positive Youth Development Education Program with an Islamic Approach on Social Health and Rumination of Male Adolescents at Risk of Methadone Addiction

Abstract

: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the positive youth development education program with an Islamic approach on social health and rumination of male adolescents at risk of methadone addiction in Bushehr city, Iran in 2022. This quasi-experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest control group design. The statistical population of the study was male adolescents at risk of methadone addiction in Bushehr. Thirty male adolescents at risk of methadone addiction who had the highest scores in problems of social health and rumination were purposefully selected and randomly assigned into experimental and control groups. After performing the pre-test, the experimental group was exposed to the positive youth development education program with an Islamic approach based on Kiani study, for 9 sessions of 60 minutes (one session per week). The Keyes Social Health Questionnaire and the Hoeksema and Morrow Ruminative Response Scale were used to collect data. The results indicated that the positive youth development education program with an Islamic approach improved social health and its components including social cohesion, social adaptation, social participation, social prosperity and social acceptance in the experimental group compared to the control group. The intervention also reduced rumination in the experimental group compared to the control group. of positive youth development education program on life satisfaction and self-efficacy in adolescents. The results showed that in the short and long term, the positive youth development education program is effective on adolescent life satisfaction and self-efficacy. Babaee et al. (2018) in a study on the psychometric properties of the Adolescent Positive Development Scale in students showed that positive adolescent development has a positive relationship with discipline and academic achievement and a negative and significant relationship with bullying. Jiang et al. (2021) in a study examined the effect of the positive youth development education program on psychological wellbeing and mental health among Chinese adolescents. The results showed that the characteristics of positive change affect the psychological well-being of homeless youth. Wong (2012) in a study examined the effect of the negative versus positive thinking development program on the psychological well-being and intellectual maladaptation of Singaporean students. The results showed that the evolution of negative thinking leads to a decrease in psychological well-being and an increase in psychological maladaptation in Singaporean students. Rew et al. (2019) in a study examined the effect of positive youth development education program on the mental health and psychological well-being of homeless youth. The results showed that the characteristics of positive change affect the mental health of homeless