The Effect of Group Social Work Intervention with an Empowerment Approach on Self-Care of Afghan Adolescent Students

Background: Adolescence is a vulnerable period, and the experience of migration leads to psychosocial stress, increasing the need for education and enhancement of self-care skills. Consequently, empowering the self-care abilities of migrant adolescents is essential.Aim: The present study was conducted with aim to determine the effect of group social work intervention with an empowerment approach on self-care of Afghan adolescents, focused on the physical, psychosocial, and emotional dimensions.Method: This quasi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test design and experimental and control groups was conducted from September ۲۰۲۳ to November ۲۰۲۴. Afghan students were randomly assigned to two groups of experimental (n=۱۵) and control (n=۱۵). The data collection tool included the Adolescent Self-Care Questionnaire (AS-CLQ), which consisted of eight sessions of a self-care-based training workshop. Both groups were evaluated before and after the intervention.Results: There was a significant difference between the self-care scores of the control and experimental groups in the post-test phase (p<۰.۰۵). Also, group social work intervention with an empowerment approach is effective on self-care and its dimensions, but not on the emotional self-care dimension (p<۰.۰۵).Implications for Practice: Group social work intervention with an empowerment approach improved self-care among Afghan adolescents. Therefore, it is expected that the results of this study be used in designing educational and support programs for refugee and immigrant adolescents.

کلیدواژه ها:

Adolescents ، Empowerment ، Immigrants ، self-care ، Social Work