H e a l t h P s y c h o l o g y
For this section, I will focus on making heroes trail from the third session, large-scale. Heroes trail is when students are made to be superheroes where they are to go through a series of challenges to fight their insecurities or weaknesses while in this case we focused on self-efficacy as by targeting self-efficacy, students would be able to feel more confident of themselves which they might lack due to their circumstances (Callander & Schofield, 2016). By making students act like superheroes, they would be able to overcome their weaknesses better as they would feel that they have power hence this acts as an empowerment to the students (Fradkin, Weschenfelder & Yunes, 2016). Through the heroes’ trail, they would be able to acknowledge their fears and overcome them through the “powers” they might have (Miller, Church & Poole, 2018). This large-scale event would be cohort- wide, specifically targeting children in lower primary as it would be most beneficial to them as they are in the stage where they have to acknowledge their fears (Young, 2018). Since it is cohort- wide, it would be done in schools where they have one day dedicate for this event where students can become superheroes and engage in activities where is like an amazing race setting. The recommendation would be of message framing as it would be phrased in terms of benefits (Taylor, 2015), where the positive messages would be to show children tangible benefits. For example, live a positive life by being confident in yourself.
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Reference
Callander, E.J., & Schofield, D.J. (2016). The impact of poverty on self-efficacy: An Australian longitudinal study. Occupational Medicine (London), 66(4), 320-325. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqw017
Fradkin, C., Weschenfelder, G.V., & Yunes, M.A.M. (2016). Shared adversities of children and comic superheroes as resources for promoting resilience: Comic superheroes are an untapped resource for empowering vulnerable children. Child Abuse & Neglect, 54, 407-415. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.10.010
Miller, S.A., Church, E.B., & Poole, C. (2018). Ages & stages: How children manage their fears. Retrieved from: www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/ages-stages-how-children-manage-their-fears/
Taylor, S.E. (2015). Health psychology (9th ed.). USA: NY, New York McGraw-Hill Education
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Young, K. (2018). Phew! It is normal. An age by age guide for what to expect from kids & teens – And what they need from us. Retrieved from: www.heysigmund.com/developmental-stage/
