Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Social groupwork for promoting psychological well-being of adolescents enrolled in sponsorship programs Subject The topic of the resource Empowerment; Intervention Research; Marginalized adolescents; Psychological well-being; Social group work Description An account of the resource Background: The dearth of data on adolescents highlighted in the UN's data disaggregation against the agenda 'no one left behind' calls for research on 'the second decade'. Moreover, India is a country with the world's largest adolescent population, and as such, studies and policies for developing competencies of adolescents are crucial to the country's development; interventions instilling confidence to aspire to a better future in underprivileged adolescents are vital to mitigate inequity. Methods: This intervention study adopted a quasi-experimental design to measure the effectiveness of social groupwork in raising the psychological well-being of adolescents in child sponsorship programs in Kerala. Forty adolescents from a Child Sponsorship Program (CSP) center in Kochi were recruited for the study. Those suggested by the CSP center considering their poor academic performance and behavior problems were allocated to the intervention group and the rest to the comparison group. The intervention was designed in response to the information garnered through a preliminary study and administered to the intervention group (n=20). We conducted pre-test and post-test for both the intervention group and comparison group (n=20). Results: Comparison between pre- and post-measurements carried out using paired sample t-test for the intervention group and comparison group separately gave a p-value of &lt;0.05 for the intervention group and &gt;0.05 for the comparison group. Thus, it was proved that psychological well-being of participants in the intervention group was raised significantly due to the social group work intervention. Conclusions: Applying refined granularity, this research adds data specifically on adolescents enrolled in child sponsorship programs and sets a blueprint for social groupwork to improve their psychological well-being. Proposing a conceptual framework for child sponsorship programs, this study recommends further research in all aspects of its functioning, and interventions at group, family, and community levels, for the well-being and empowerment of marginalized adolescents. 2021 Joseph S and Karalam DSRB. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joseph S.; Karalam D.S.R.B. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived F1000Research, Vol-10 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available F1000 Research Ltd Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.52532.1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.52532.1</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85109510267&amp;doi=10.12688%2Ff1000research.52532.1&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=e7848f062176858b665e9d6e83976919" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85109510267&amp;doi=10.12688%2ff1000research.52532.1&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=e7848f062176858b665e9d6e83976919</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Gold Open Access; Green Open Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 20461402; PubMed ID: 34316362 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Joseph S., Department of Sociology and Social Work, CHRIST (Deemed to be) University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560029, India; Karalam D.S.R.B., Department of Sociology and Social Work, CHRIST (Deemed to be) University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560029, India